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THE COLORS OF THE 115TH INFANTRY 
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Chaplain F. C. REYNOLDS 
Chaplain WM. F. MCLAUGHLIN 



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Foreword 




COMPLETE history of the World War can never 
be written. Each man of the fifty miUion taking 
part has a history of his own, embodying individual 
experiences, sublime and ridiculous, joyous and sad, 
courageous and weak, which in itself would fill a 
large volume. These individual histories will' not be 
printed; they will be told by word of mouth to little 
groups of friends and loved ones who are interested 
most in the deeds of each particular man. Grandparents and parents, 
uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, children and grandchildren, yes, 
great-grandchildren will sit by the hour and listen to the stories of the 
men who played the great game. 

Many volumes will be written discussing the causes, describing the 
decisive battles and delineating the character and ability of the leading 
generals. The general progress of the great struggle will be told in 
detail. The location of army corps will be indicated, and the way they 
fought. Divisions will be followed with some interest probably, but little 
notice will be given to the life and activities of individual regiments, for 
in this gigantic conflict, where millions are struggling, a regiment is a very 
insignificant factor. 

The historian, as he weighs the forces that determined the course of 
the war and the final result, will attach little importance to the work of 
the 1 1 5th Infantry. But mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, wives, 
sweethearts and children will be more interested in the regiment son or 
brother or father was in, than in the war itself. So, for the sake of those 
loved ones who stayed at home, writing letters, sending candy, cakes and 
tobacco, knitting sweaters and socks, saying prayers — for the sake of 
those who kept the "Home Fires Burnmg" — for the sake of keeping 
fond memories fresh and noble deeds alive, we tell the story of the 1 15th 
Infantry. 

Chaplain F. C. Reynolds, 

Edilor-in-Chief. 




DEDICATED TO 

Colonel Milton Atchison Reckord 

our commanding ofpcer. 

A soldier and a gentleman, beloved bj) all his men. 

Alwa3?s just, kind in treatment, calm in 

excitement, brave in danger, wise in 

decision, quick in action. 




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E it known to all ^^ho scan these pages tkat 
the 

'^ufitnentioned" 
of the rank and file 

are the men who stood the brunt of the battle. 
In uncomplaining silence each did his duty ; with grim determi- 
nation each stayed to the finish; with dauntless courage each 
played his part until the Great Game was won. HTiey are an 
immortal company, Six Thousand strong. It vJould take a library 
of hundreds of volumes to contain a fitting record of the brave 
deeds of each. 

Trie names of fhe men who pla3>ed the game as recorded 
in this volume are gi-^en in "'The Roster." 




List of Dead 

Ancestry and Birm 

Training 

Social Life 

Zigzagging fhe Ocean 

Across France to me Trenches 

Itinerary) of me 11501 in France 

nrtie Alsace Sector 

'Tne Meuse-Argonne Offensi-^'e 

'The Armistice 

Waiting — Wistful Waiting - 

Homeward Bound 

Honors 

Roster 



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labeh aitrs, ^ t f c, tl|at tin? fanrib miql;t be inabc 
safe fnr bcmnrracu. ®I]m- ibcals facve the t&Eals 
of tln'tr rnuittru — justice, freebont aiib cqualttg. 
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xinlilu faugijt, tifeg brafeelg bieb. <3foi' tljr sabc 
nf coitnh-u anb Ijitmaititg iljeg facre faitljful uitto 
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"Oarcaiei" lo&c liatl] itn man tl]an tl]ts, tljat 
a man lau bofuix bis life for bis frtenbs". 



List of mose wKo were killed in action, died of 
wounds, or from an]? omer cause. 

SUPPLY COMPANY 

BISCOE, ALBERT, J. JOHNSTON, JOSEPH P. 

BURNS, JESSE L. LANKFORD, CHARLES A. 

CLARK, GEORGE E. SONDERS, FAYETTE B. 

HOWARD, GEORGE A. WRIGHT, KEMP 

MACHINE GUN COMPANY 

PARLETT, GUY C, 1ST LT. 

CARR, BENJAMIN S. LESNAU, JOHN N. 

COTRAS, JOSEPH F. MUCHANKO, MICHAEL 

DYAR, ERNEST F. PARKER, BERT A. 

FOLLEY. DANIEL W. PRICE WILLARD T. 

GRAHAM, THOMAS B. SHOOPMAN, OTHER A. 

GREEN, ALBERT G. WATWOOD, JOHN W. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 

DUNPHY, PAGE M. PHELPS, WALLACE, JR. 

McKENZIE, WM. A. THOMAS, JOHN F. W. 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

ABBOTT, RAYMOND R. HOSSBACH, JOSEPH A. 

BENNETT, MORRIS W. ILLIAN, CHARLES F. 

BROWN, FRANK M. JONES, HENRY R. 

BULLOCK, DANIEL J. MARTIN, EDWARD H. 

DICKSON, GROVER C. MATHIS. ROBERT E. 

DISNEY, LEROY RADKE, ARTHUR E. 

DOUGHERTY, RONALD ROSEWAG, ADAM J. 

FORSYTHE, JOSEPH ROTH. LLOYD I. 

GARDNER, GROVER A. STEWART, CHELTON C. 

HOOVER, JOHN H. ZINDELL, RICHARD E. 

COMPANY "A" 

JOBES, LESLIE J., 1ST LT. 

AUXILSON. CLAFF KESSLER, HARRY A. 

BUNKE, WILLIAM KILBRIDE, HARRY 

CLAZEY, WILLIAM F. REFF, ISAAC 

ELDER, FRANCIS X. ROTHENFOFER, CHARLES R. 

EYLER, BENJAMIN STULL, RAYMOND L. 

FINK, NATHAN WALKER. CHARLES F. 

HALEY. MARTIN WEBB, JOHN R. 
HUNTER, ROBERT L. 



COMPANY "B" 

WEBB, HARRY L., 1ST LT. 

BARBER, LOUIS Mc. GREENBERG, SAM 

BISER, JOHN L. MAXWELL, WILLIAM T. 

BILDNER, CHARLES H. MICHAEL, AUSTIN G. 

BLADE, ERIC E. PLOSS, ALBERT E. 

BURNS, NOEL STOTTLE M EVER, HARRY E. 

DOYLE, FRANCIS J. SMITH, WILLIAM J. 

FAUGHANDER, JOHN F. TENNYSON, JOSEPH E. 

GARRISH, FRANK T. VIAR, WILLIAM 



COMPANY "C" 

BARTOZAVES, FRANK HERPEL, JOHN G. 

BLUEMER, WILLIAM C. HOLKA, MAX 

BRIDGES, JULIUS H. KRAMER CHARLES R. 

BROWN, RICHARD H. LAPAGE, FRED 

CASSADY, GLEN C. McCORMACK. JOSEPH 

CURTIS, CLARENCE RUSSO, LOUIS 

DOXZON, GEORGE STITZ, JAMES 

EISEMAN, SAMUEL TOWNSEND, JOHN W. 

FINNICELLI, AUGUSTO THOMPSON, GEORGE 

HARPER, RAY C. ZAHNER, RICHARD H. 
HOWARD, LEONARD 

COMPANY "D" 

BROOKE, LEO B. LEISING, JOSEPH 

BUMBAUGH, PAUL D. LONG, NORMAN E. 

DAVIS, JOSEPH MAGINI, MARIA 

FOSTER, CHARLES N. McENDREE, JOHN T. 

FREDERICK, ROBERT B. MOORE, NECIL 

FYLE, JAMES S. P. PAIGE, AUSTIN N. 

JESSE, W. A. VANIK, FRANK T. 

JONES, HENRY R. WILGIS, ROLAND O. 
KELLEY, SYLVESTER 



COMPANY "E" 

ABRAMSON, HARRY HOUSE, WILLIAM L. 

AYRES, WILLIAM H. LEIMARE, ERNEST 

BETHNER, EDWARD MAHAN, ELLIS P. 

DINARO, JAMES McLAUGHLIN, STEPHEN 

FRANKFORTER, GEORGE P. MECHANIC? 

HAGER, JOHN ROWLAND, JAMES L. 



COMPANY "F" 



DeGOEY, LOUIS B. 
DONOVAN, CHARLES, JR. 
EDELEN. ALEXIUS M. 
FAIRFAX, WILLIE R. 
FARMER, GEORGE W. 
GERACI, IGNATZ 
LANE, HAROLD 0. 
LEE, GEORGE W. 



MORROW HOWARD H. 
RIEMER, CHARLES H. 
RORABAUGH, FRANK C. 
SCHOTTA, CHARLES F. 
SNYDER, MAURICE B. 
WHITMAN, MAX 
ZAYKOSKI, BENJAMIN 



COMPANY "G" 

ROSENFELD, MERRILL, 1ST LT. 



BOYD, HARRY B. 
DRAKE, HENRY 
GOLDWAITHE, DWIGHT 
HAYNES, LEROY 
HOUCK, BERNARD T. 
HURLBURT, DUANE C. 



KUDLACEK, JOHN 
NAGANGAST, FRANK 
PETROPOLIS, ATHANASIUS 
PITCHER, REUBEN 
TUNIS, JESSE W. 
WILLIAMS, CHARLES 



COMPANY "H" 



BAUER, WM. H. 
BESS, ROBERT 
BILDNER, JOHN V. 
COSTIN, HENRY G. 
DELCHER, EDWARD N. 
DELLS, WILLIAM E. 
DUDLEY, ROBERT R. 
HART, EDWIN 8. 
KORNICK, MICHAEL 
LYNCH, JOHN 



MELHORN, HERMAN E. 
MURPHY, WILLIAM M. 
QUANTE, JEFFREY 
KOPECK, ADAM 
SHUTT, CLIFFORD D. 
SNYDER, FRANK 
SPARENBERG, CHARLES 
SULLIVAN, CHARLES J. 
WALSH, REGINALD 
WHITTEMORE, JOSEPH 



COMPANY "r 



BAER, BAINARD G. 
BAUMAN, RAYMOND F. 
BRIDGE, RAY 
CAREY, OLIN H. 
CASSIDY, JOSEPH 
CULLISON, GEORGE 
DAVIS, CLARENCE S. 
DAVIS, CHARLES E. 
DAVIS, GEORGE B. 
DRYDEN, ORVILLE G. 
FOSTER, HARVEY J. 



GAGLIANO, CHARLES R. 
GOODALE, GEORGE F. 
MALONE, GEORGE S. 
NA2ZARO, FRANK 
PORTER. EDWARD M. 
SOUTHARD, HENRY 
SPRING, RODNEY V. R. 
STUDINSKI, MAX J. 
TAYLOR. RALPH A. 
WATTERSON, DAVID 
WIMMER, WARREN W. 



COMPANY "K" 

BOVETTI, JOSEPH LINDSAY, JOHN H. 

CHAPMAN, MORTON H. LUNDY, JAMES L. 

DORSEY, JOSEPH D. MILLER, PETRE 

DREXLER. ALBERT SAXON, JOHN W. 

FLEISCHMAN, FRANK F. SMALL, LEROY 

HARLAN. BENJAMIN STANORSKI, ALEX. 

HARTMAN, MILTON TOLSKY, JAMES 

HULL, PAUL L. WALTER, JOHN 

KING, JAMES B. WILBURN, GEORGE E. 

COMPANY 'L" 

AWNER, MAURICE GRACE, ROBERT 

BATES, HERMAN PAGANO, NICHOLAS 

BEDSWORTH, RUFUS PAIR, WILLIAM B. 

BLUEFORD, WM. J. PUSEY, FREDERICK D. 

CLARK, LEWIS ROYSTON, WILLIAM I. 

DALTON, RICHARD SMITH, JOSEPH 

DAME, LEO STEWART, HOWARD 

ENTEZ, HERMAN SUNSHINE, HARRY 

CLOCK, HARRY J. WATSON, ALLEN R. 
GOODE, ARTHUR L. 

COMPANY "M" 

WADE, JOHN D., CAPT. 

ATCHISON, DELBERT SANDS, JOSEPH 

BOYNTON, ALTON SCHNEIDER, LOUIS 

DUTKOWSKI, JOHN THIMM. HARRY J. 

FRICKER, LUTHER P. UPMAN, FRANK J. 

HEWES, CHARLES WARNER, MATHIAS M. 

HALL, ROBERT E. WATSON, JOHN G. 

IRVIN, EDMUND M. WATTS, CHARLES D. 

KATZ, BENNY WEATHERLY, GEORGE F. 
MEYERS, CHARLES L. WHITTINGTON, WM. B. 

MILLER. FRANK WOODS, FRANK A. 



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CHAPTER 




ONE 





GEN-L CHARLES D. CAITHER 





COL. FREDERICK B. WATSON 



COL. CHARLES A. LITTLE 



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ANCESTRY AND BIRTH. 

N writing the biography of a man some attention is always given 
to his ancestors ; for they determine, to a degree at least, what 
he is to be. So in beginning the history of the One Hundred 
and Fifteenth- Infantry Regiment of the United States Army in 
the World War it seems fitting to say a word about its parents. 
This regiment was the largest unit m.ade from the old National 
O Guard regiments of Maryland. When war was declared, on 
D April 6, 1917, the only land force outside the Regular Army, 
which was practically a negligible factor as the armies of this war were measured, 
was the National Guard of our several States. The strength of the Regular Army 
was about 85,000 officers and men, wdiile that of the National Guard was, when 
mustered into Federal service, 1210 officers and 367,225 men. 

Maryland had three infantry regiments— the First, from the counties; the 
Fourth and Fifth, mostly from the City of Baltimore. Each was proud of a long 
history and boastful of a fighting power she was eager to test. These regiments 
had just recently returned from a tour of guard duty on the Mexican border, 
which furnished valuable training and gave them some reason for considering 
themselves seasoned war veterans. But they had no adequate conception of 
what modern warfare really meant. Gradually, unconsciously and almost imper- 
ceptibly they were to be hardened, developed, trained and schooled until they 
were the best soldiers in the world, fit for the most trying conflict of all history, 
and fit enough to win. 

The First Regiment had returned from the border in the early part of 
October, 1916, and was mustered out. The men, feeling they had had enough 
warfare, had returned to their civilian occupations, hoping. the disordered condi- 
tion of international affairs might be settled without bloodshed. In the World 
War, however, the cause of right became more and more endangered ; Germany's 
method of conducting the war became more and more barbarous. She inaugu- 
rated the policy of "terrorism" ; she swept the seas with her submarines and 
torpedoed every ship that was to her advantage, regardless of international law 
or right. On land, she resorted to the practices of scientific savagery. America 



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must either prove false to her heritage of justice and honor or fight. War was 
inevitable. German sympathizers were numerous. Alien enemies were likely to 
resort to extreme methods of violence to cripple our nation as a foe to Germany. 
We must be on our guard. Hence about the middle of March, 191 7, D, E and H 
Companies of the First Regiment, under command of Major Milton A. Reckord, 
were ordered by the State to guard the railroad bridges of the Susquehanna 
River. These were the first Maryland troops to do any work in relation to the 
World War. They remained in service only a few weeks when relieved by the 
troops of the Fourth Regiment, which had been called into Federal service. Later 
in the summer D and H Companies of the First, under Major D. John Markey, 
were sent to guard Baltimore City's water supply at Lake Montebello. 

The Fourth Regiment had returned from the Mexican border September 8, 
1916, and had almost forgotten about the sandstorms, rattlesnakes and "Spof- 
ford" hike, when, on the eve of declaring war, the Federal Government called 
the entire regiment into service again. Their duty this time was to guard the 
railroad tunnels and bridges, munition plants and grain elevators from being 
destroyed by enemies in our midst. C)ut among the mountains of Western Mary- 
land, along the banks of the Susquehanna, Gunpowder and Bush rivers; on the 
hill overlooking the munition plant at Woodberry, down in the heart of the city 
near Union Station, those strange little khaki tents sprang up, like mushrooms, 
overnight. Men wearing L^ncle Sam's uniform, carrying a wicked-looking gun, 
walked around with an air of authority, and very little destruction of any kind 
was even attempted. 

All over the countr_v National Guard regiments were called out for such 
service. The Fifth had just returned from a seemingly endless stay on the border. 
The men had scarcely become adjusted to civilian life — some of the ofificers had 
not yet been discharged — when the Second Battalion, under command of Major 
Frank A. Hancock, was called out by the State to guard Lake Montebello until 
relieved by other troops. The entire regiment was called by the United States 
Government April 13, and was sent into four different States to guard important 
public and private property. The Second Battalion was scattered from Cape 
Charles, Va., to Myersdale, Pa.; the First Battalion was located in Virginia, 
around Richmond ; Company M was sent to Camp Upton, on Long Island, New 
York, and other companies remained in Baltimore. 

This kind of warfare was very agreeable to the men. The duty given them 
was light, and the experience was more like a summer vacation — an outing in 
the mountains or a camping partv along a river — than warfare. Picturesque 



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little camps back among beautiful shade trees, where gravel walks lined with 
whitewashed stones led from tent to tent, formed their homes. Under these 
conditions the men had frequent opportunities to get home, and friends enjoyed 
the novelty of visiting their soldier boys in camp. The mess, the chief factor 
in determining a soldier's happiness or unhappiness, was usually good. But 
if for any reason the mess sergeant did fall down, the big-hearted farmer's wife 
nearby was glad to supplement with a spring chicken and roasting ears. This 
kind of life, however, was too good to last long in the army. The fellows were 
just beginning to get acquainted with the girls in the neighborhood and finding 
life really pleasant when each regiment was called together to get ready for the 
trip to a common training camp in the South. 

The different companies of the First, under command of Col. Charles A. 
Little of Hagerstown, were equipped at their annories in the different towns of 
Mai^yland — A, Frederick; B, Hagerstown; C, Cambridge; D, Belair; E, Elkton; 
F, Hyattsville ; G, Cumberland ; H, Westminster ; I, Salisbuiy ; K, Silver Spring ; 
L, Crisfield ; M, Annapolis ; Machine Gun Companj', Annapolis ; Headquarters 
Company mostly from Hagerstown, Supply Company had its headquarters at 
Annapolis. The Fourth was mobilized at Laurel, under Col. Harry C. Jones, 
and the Fifth at Cocke)rsville, under Col. Washington Bowie, Jr. While here the 
regiments were given complete equipment ; all paper work was gotten in proper 
shape, and all old bills settled. The men were given a physical examination 
for tuberculosis and those who were suspected of nerve or mental weakness 
were examined by specialists. Each man who passed v/as treated to three shots 
of anti-typhoid serum, which he dreaded about as much as heavy German 
artilleiy. 

During this period an extensive recruiting campaign was carried on b}' each 
regiment to bring its quota up to full war strength — about 2000 officers and 
men. The whole State of Maryland was combed clean for evei-y young man 
between 18 and 45 who was willing to defend the principles of his nation. 
Every noon and night at the Court House Plaza, in Baltimore, in front of the 
City Hall, at the Sun Corner and in the parks all sorts of devices and orators 
were used to arouse the feeling of the country and persuade our young men to 
enlist in the service of justice, liberty and universal brotherhood. The bands 
were out; a tent on a truck, machine guns, a model camp and such things were 
familiar sights in the cities. A tour through the counties with mule teams and 
army wagons or an automobile party stirred up the country districts. During 
this recruiting a process of elimination was going on also. Every man whose 
support was absolutely necessary for the maintenance of those at home was 



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given his discharge, and the physically unfit were discarded. This was the 
first process of boiling down. Many more were to come. 

On August 17th, Gen. Charles D. Gaither and his staff went to Camp 
McClellan, near Anniston, Ala., to prepare the way for the coming of the 
Maiyland brigade of volunteers. The camp was to be built in a huge bowl in 
the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeastern part of Alabama. 
When the general arrived, the camp-to-be was a vast tract of 700 acres of 
rough timber land, with here and there a cotton patch or cornfield. One company 
from each of the Maryland regiments was ordered down to put the camp in 
some sort of habitable condition. Roads were made through the fields and 
woods. On one side of the road a long line of rough wooden mess shacks was 
built, one for each company. Beyond these an open space was left for the tents 
of the men, and then came the bathhouses. On the other side of the road was a 
space for the officers' tents; back of them, their mess shacks and bathhouses. 
The pioneer companies worked hard every day in the heat and dust of the 
Sunny South, clearing avvay the brush and cotton and corn to make a fairly 
respectable place for their comrades who were soon to come. The rest of the 
regiments were waiting impatiently for the order which would take them south, 
and finally, on the twelfth of September, it arrived. They were to entrain on 
Sunday, the i6th, for Anniston. The final preparations were made for the great 
adventure, when the boys should leave home for the unknown experiences of a 
very doubtful future. Fond mothers added a few superfluous articles to what 
Uncle Sam had already furnished. The Red Cross Society gave the boys each 
a "Comfort Kit," or "Housewife," as some called it, with needles, thread, buttons, 
soap, toothbrush, comb, scissors, etc. The Maryland Bible Society and the 
various churches saw to it that each man had a Testament, and they were ready 
for the leap into the dark. All day Saturday the trains were loaded ; camp was 
broken and everything was waiting for the order "All Aboard!" Sunday came, 
a day never to be forgotten, with strange, uncommon scenes. At Laurel, the 
Fourth and their friends were astir early. The camp site was stripped bare ot 
every vestige of war. The policing was thoroughly done, and long before train 
time everybody was eager to be oft. 

During these days good-byes were said that will have a lasting effect upon 
all who took part. Out in every nook and corner of the country districts of 
Maryland these willing defenders of our political faith, with tears glistening in 
their eyes because of the necessity of separation, but with a deathless devotion 
to ri<Tht in their hearts, said good-by to mother, father, brother, sister, wife. 




THE 4th MD. infantry ON GUARD ALONG THE POTOMAC AND THE SUSQUEHANNA 



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child, and marched awa}' to endure anythhig, even death, that justice and hberty 
might be estabhshed forever in the affairs of the world. When far away from 
the house they looked back for a last good-by ; they saw their loved ones watching 
them with mingled feelings of sadness and pride until they were out of sight. 
In the city the men remained at home until the last minute, and in some cases 
families followed their soldier boys to the trains, and there were enacted heart- 
breaking scenes of farewell. It was a relief to all when finally the trains left 
and the good-byes were over. 

The trip south was a novelty and a great frolic for most of the men. The 
train accommodations were very good compared with what was to come later; 
but very poor compared with the Pullman sleeper service to which some were 
accustomed. But everybody took things good-naturedly, and all had a good 
time. Packs of cards were gotten from the comfort kits, and one of the big 
army games was on. Occasionally one would stumble upon the other big army 
game that was officially forbidden, but semi-secretly practiced everywhere — 
craps. It was interesting and profitable, too, to get into the kitchen car and 
fraternize with the cooks for an extra sandwich or can of beans. Here and 
there stops were made, mess call blown, and eveiybody was out with' his mess 
kit in a long line passing the kitchen door, where he received his allotment of 
soup, beans, hot coffee and bread. Toward bedtime the men would gather in 
groups and sing the tj'pical American songs — "Suwannee River," "Old Kentucky 
Home," "Over There" and "Good-Night, Ladies." There would be a pillow 
fight, a few pranks and soon all would be fast asleep. We passed through the 
beautiful farm lands of Virginia, the fragrant pine groves of the Cai^olinas, and 
soon were in the cotton belt of Georgia. Tuesday morning found us in Alabama, 
near our destination. We passed through the station at Anniston, were side- 
tracked near the camp and all piled .off, eager to see our new home. It was hot 
and dusty. Each man, laden with all his worldly possessions, formed in line 
and marched to camp. As we passed along, those who had been there for a 
month grubbing out stumps and clearing fields stood by the side of the road with 
an abject expression upon their faces of submission to the inevitable. They 
looked like inmates of a penitentiary with life sentences hanging over them. One 
fellow with a gloomy face and sepulchral voice called out in a monotonous tone 
as we passed, "He who enters here leaves all hope and happiness behind." It 
sounded like the voice of destiny decreeing our fate, but everyone was willing 
to take a chance and was glad to be one step nearer the German trenches. 

The different regiments were assigned their respective areas in the plat at 
the foot of what was called "Gaither Hill," a beautiful pine grove on a small 



ANCESTRY AND BIRTH— Cont. 

knoll just west of the Swimming Pool. The companies went diligently to work 
to clear their company streets. Hands were blistered by the unaccustomed use 
of the pick and mattock. Backs were broken by picking thousands of stones. 
Beyond the bathhouses in the dense underbrush a little space was cleared away 
for a corral and a picket line strung up between some trees. Gradually this 
jungle was transformed into well-appointed stables. 

The great base hospital on the hill had just been started, but it grew for 
months until there was a different ward for almost every disease. There was an 
up-to-date X-ray outfit ; operating-rooms ; eye, ear and nose wards ; isolated 
wards for serious and contagious diseases, and even a "nut ward"' for the 
mentally weak or suspicious. 

After a while a nurses' home was built, and real nurses in white dresses and 
fetching little white caps became part of the personnel of the camp. There was 
something about this home that attracted many of the officers, and occasionally 
an enlisted man was seen sheepishly hanging around. Regimental infirmaries 
were built for each regiment, where the men answered sick call early in the 
morning. Here the lame and sick, the tired and lazy, came for treatment. It 
was more essential for a regimental surgeon to be a Sherlock Holmes than a 
physician, for his chief difficulty was to distinguish between those who were 
really sick and those who wanted to escape a day of hard drilling in the sun. 
After his diagnosis his prescription was very simple — either "three C. C.'s" or 
"paint it with iodine." 

A strange sort of building, or rather enclosure, was seen in the process 
of construction in the northwestern part of the camp. Big posts ten or twelve 
feet high were placed about fifteen feet apart around a half acre of ground and 
heavy strands of thick barbed wire were strung around these posts about a foot 
apart, and to the top of each post a stout timber was spiked, projecting inward, 
and these, too, had barbed wire on them. We were informed it was a "stockade," 
and some thought a strange species of wild animals or unruly horses were to be 
penned up in there; but it turned out to be a place to imprison wild men whe 
had run away from camp or were unruly in camp. The Y. M. C. A. buildings 
were entirely inadequate to meet the needs of the men, so each regiment built 
a big recreation center of its own, called a canteen building. Here the men could 
buy anything from a shoestring to a bathtub. Every noon and evening it was 
crowded with men trying to spend their thirt}' dollars a month, principally for 
candy, cakes and cigarettes. The main part of this building, however, was a 
large auditorium with stage, orchestra pit, dressing-rooms and footlights — a 
place the men liked to go evenings to see the movies and shows. It was in a 



ANCES FRY AND BIRTH— Com. 

camp of this sort that we lived — a city of 27,000 inhabitants — with courthouse, 
jail, hospital, stoi'es, churches, postoffice, and even schools. Here the Twenty- 
ninth Division, of which the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry was a part, 
was to live for nine long months. Had anyone known he was to stay there that 
long, he would probably have committed suicide. Camp McClellan was merely 
started when the National Guard units arrived, but was to grow gradually through 
the months. 

One night soon after our arrival all officers of the Maryland Brigade were 
ordered up to General Gaither's tent to hear of future plans. It was a sight 
long to be remembered to see those lines of Maryland officers with their blinking 
flashlights picking their way through the bushes, across the ditches and among 
the trees up to the General's tent. The General told of the new army organiza- 
tion. A company, instead of consisting of 150 men, was to have 250; a regiment, 
instead of being a group of 2000 men, was to have 3700 men. There was 
much speculation as to how it would be done : whether the old regiments would 
be added to or consolidated, and who would be what. Finally the decree came, 
October i, 1917, was the fateful day. The Maryland Brigade was torn to 
shreds. The history, traditions, pride, spirit and organization of the old regi- 
ments were counted as nothing. With one order from division headquarters — 
one fell swoop of the Almighty hand — the old First, Fourth and Fifth were 
annihilated. The War Department was permitted to do by a word what they 
would not allow the German Army to do. These fine old regiments, honored 
by the State and held almost sacred by some, were shuffled and shifted, scattered 
and sifted to the four corners of the army world. Officers and men who had 
served together in the same regiment for ten, twenty, and even thirty years, and 
who had formed strong ties, were separated from each other. They were torn 
from their companies and comrades ; men who had recently enlisted together 
in the same company, that they might be with each other throughout the war, 
were sent to different organizations. There was a great deal of disappointment, 
discouragement and real sorrow among many men and officers. But out of all 
this tearing asunder and destruction came the One Hundred and Fifteenth 
Infantry, the only complete unit of the Great War entirely composed of Mary- 
land volunteers. Of the leftovers about 200 from the Fifth and 400 from the 
Fourth went into the formation of the One Hundred and Tenth Field Artillery, 
with Colonel Bowie in command; one company of each of the First and the 
Fourth were absorbed in the One Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, 
with Major D. John Markey of Frederick in command; 175 men of the Fifth, 
under Captain Davidson, went over to the One Flundred and Tenth Machine 




WITH THE 5th at COCKEYSVILLE 




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Gun Battalion. Some were scattered around to almost every organization in 
the division, and the rest went to the Depot Brigade to await later assignment. 

What happened to the Mar3-land regiments happened to all the National 
Guard units of the countr}'. Those of New Jersey, Delaware, Maiyland, Dis- 
trict of Columbia and Virginia were sent to Camp McClellan, where they were 
torn to pieces and rebuilt into the Twenty-ninth Division, called the Blue and 
Gray, because it was composed of men from States representing the North and 
the South. In this division, probably more than in any other, the sons of the 
men who fought against each other in the Civil War, fought with each other 
for the common principles of a united nation. One of the beneficent by-products 
of this war was the solidification into one compact unit of all sections of our 
country. A fitting motto for this division is the famous toast: 



"Here's to the Blue of the wind-szvept North, 

As they meet on the fields of France; 
May the spirit of Grant he with them all 

.Is the Sons of the North advance. 
Here's to the Gray of the sun-kissed South, 

As they meet in the fields of France; 
May the spirit of Lee he with them all 

As the sons of the South advance. 
Here's to the Blue and Gray as one. 

As they meet on the fields of France; 
May the Spirit of God he ivith them all 

As the Sons of the Flag advance." 




A division is an extremely complicated organization. Few people realize 
its size and variety of parts. It is a world in itself, as indicated by the following 
table of organization : 




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An Infantry Division consists of 991 Officers and 27,114 Enlisted Men. 

., . „ . , I 2 Infantry Regiments 

2 Infantry Brigades < ,, , . „ .,, 

^ [ 1 Machine Gun Battalion. 

12 Regiments Light Artillery 
1 Regiment Heavy Artillery 
1 Trench Mortar Company. 

1 Engineer Regiment. 

1 Field Signal Battalion. 

1 Machine Gun Battalion. 

1 Military Police Company. 

Ammunition Train. 

Supply Train. 

Engineer Train. 

Sanitary Train, 

consisting of four field hospitals and four 
ambulance companies. 

The One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry was one of the chief fighting 
units of this intricate organization. Moreover, it, in itself, was vei-y compH- 
cated. In fact, any one of its sixteen companies was rather complex. Head- 
quarters Company, that in the old organization was the smallest of them all, 
became the largest. Instead of fifty-two men, made up of the band, clerks and 
orderlies, there were 336. The four chief divisions were entirely new addi- 
tions to the machinery of a regiment, viz. : the pioneer platoon, which was to 
build barracks, bridges, fix railroad tracks and camouflage devices; the signal 
platoon, used for keeping up communications of all sorts ; one-pounder platoon, 
to be trained to use an unknown gun 37 M. 'M. ; the Stokes-mortar platoon, 
reserved for the same purpose. These platoons, together with the band and 
office force, form Headquarters Company. The duty of the .Supply Company 
was to keep the regiment supplied with food, which was a big task in itself — 
with shoes, clothing, guns and ammunition — everything necessary for the life 
and work of a fighting body of 3800 men. They had many horses, mules and 
wagons, for there was much hauling to be done. The Machine Gun Company 
was organized to handle a new kind of gun about wdiich little was known, but 
which was one of the most important, if not clearly the most important, new 
weapon brought out by the genius and necessities of modern warfare. The 




WHERE THE FELLOWS LIVED 




INTRODUCED TO THE TRENCHES 



PICKING STONES 



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Medical Department, or Sanitary Detachment, which more properl)^ describes 
its duties, was to keep the regiment free from all forms of disease. Like the 
Chmese doctor, that Sanitary Detachment was counted most efficient which had 
the least amount of sickness among its patients. Then there were the twelve 
line companies of 250 inen each,- they who were to do the actual fighting. This 
was a new infantry regiment. 

The old, the honored and happy had to give way to the new, the strong and 
efficient. It was the price of success. Thus the First and Fourth and Fifth 
Maryland National Guard regiments passed away, and this fine, new, big 
regiment was born October i, 1917. It was born, but it had to be trained and 
hardened for the mighty struggle ahead. It had to be hammered by hard 
knocks, moulded by a process of adjustment to suitable tasks, welded by the 
heat of stern discipline, before it became a smoothly running and efficient fighting 
machine, fit for the fray. 



ORIGIMAL OFFICERS OF THE ngfl^ ON 
OCTOBER I, ig,7. 

Colonel Charles A. Little, Commanding. 
, Lieutenant-Colonel Milton A. Reckord. 

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First Battalion 

Major Henry S. Barrett, Commanding. 
First Lieutenant Harry C. Gaffney, Adjutant. 

Company A— Captain, Elmer E. Munshower; first lieutenants, Paul Marsh, 
Foster B. Davis and Milton E. Mackall; second lieutenants, 
Frederick L. Smith and Philip K. Moisan. 

Company B— Captain, Winfield B. Harward ; first lieutenants, Harry L. Hagan, 
John H. Truett (one vacancy) ; second lieutenants, James H. 
Bowers, Henry C. Stanwood. 



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Company C — Captain, Theodore L. Beers ; first lieutenants, J. S. Phelps, 
Charles M. Saxelby, William A. Twamley; second lieutenants, 
Emerson C. Harrington, Jr., Donald Wilson. 

Company D — Captain, Herbert L. Grymes; first lieutenants, Harry C. Webb, 
George R. Eiler, Joseph A. Ayres; second lieutenants, William 
P. Kennedy, Arthur T. Kreh. 



Second Battalion 

Major Frank A. Hancock, Commanding. 
First Lieutenant Edward McK. Johnson, Adjutant. 

Company E — Captain Harry C. Ruhl; first lieutenants, Millard E. Tydings, 
Richard M. Lambert, Hugh McCoy; second lieutenants, C. 
Otis McCauley, Flerbert A. Pa3'ne. 

Company F — Captain, Ralph Hutchins; first lieutenants, Philip Mclntyre, 
Walter Katzenberger, Harry C. Butler; second lieutenants, 
Nathan R. Warthen, William B. Wylie. 

Company G — Captain, Henry F. Robb ; first lieutenants, George Henderson, 
Leslie H. Berryman (one vacancy) ; second lieutenants, 
William P. Lewis, Thomas F. Troxell. 

Company H — Captain, Walter E. Black ; first lieutenants, Frank C. Mellon, 
C. F. Edison, Clifton A. Pritchett; second lieutenants, Thomas 
K. Roberts, Robert Fusselbaugh, Jr. 



Third Battalion 

Major Charles B. Finley, Jr., Commanding. 
First Lieutenant Harlan Johnson, Adjutant. 

Company I — Captain, Amos W. W. Woodcock ; first lieutenants, William D. 
Carey, Frank A. Hey wood, Jr., W. Warren Search, Jr.; 
second lieutenants, Alexander T. Grier, Robert S. Landstreet. 

Company K — Captain E. Brooke Lee ; first lieutenants, E. Carroll Cissel, James 
B. Boyle (one vacancy) ; second lieutenants, Frank L. Hewitt, 
Merwin E. Lilley. 



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Company L — Captain, John H. Wagner; first lieutenants, Carl Ward, Boyd W. 
Perkins, Richard W. Laws; second lieutenants, Richard L. 
Fearn, Jr., Harry Oehrl. 

Company M — Captain, James G. Knight; first lieutenants, Oscar V. Dawes, 
Samuel A. Merritt, John D. Wade; second lieutenants, 
Andreas Z. Holley, William S. Adams. 



Headquarters Company 

Captain, William P. Lane, regimental adjutant; Captain, Thornton Rogers; 
first lieutenants, Gaylord L. Clark, Charles N. Matthews; second lieutenants, 
Edward McColgan, John H. Wiederman, Joseph J. Philbin. 



Supply Company 
Captain, Charles E. Myers; first lieutenant, Bruce Aldrich. 

eg) 

Machine Gun Company 

Captain, Carey Jarman ; first lieutenants, Leslie L. Klakring, Bernard J. 
Wiegard; second lieutenants, Guy C. Parlette, C. W. Zenker, John M. Weir. 

eg) 

Medical Detachment 

Major Frederick H. Vinup, Commanding. 

Doctors — Captain William Coleman, First Lieutenant Daniel C. Hutton, 
First Lieutenant Dwight H. Mohr, First Lieutenant Charles S. Woodruff, First 
Lieutenant Roscoe Hannagan. 

Dentists — First Lieutenant Daniel Bratton, First Lieutenant A. B. Pan- 
coast, First Lieutenant Wood. 

Chaplain — First Lieutenant Frederick C. Reynolds. 



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An Infantry Regiment consists of 114 Officers and 3720 Enlisted Men. 



3 Battalions, each consisting of 

27 Officers, 1000 Enlisted Men 

Headquarters 
Headquarters Company 
Supply Company 
Machine Gun Company 
Medical Detachment 
Ordnance Detachment 



officers 


Enlisted Mei 


81 


3000 


6 




7 


336 


6 


156 


6 


172 



114 



3720 



An Infantry Regiment has a total 


equipment 


of 


Horses . . . . . 


67 


Mules 






325 


Combat Carts 






27 


Medical Carts 






3 


Ration Carts . 






16 


Water Carts . 






15 


Rolling Kitchens 






16 


Combat Wagons 






19 


Ration Wagons 






22 


Bicycles 






42 


Motor Cars 






1 


Motor Cycles, with 


side 


cars 


2 


Grenade Dischargers 




390 


One Pounder Guns 




3 


Heavy Machine Guns 




16 


Trench Knives 




480 


Mortars, 3 inch Stokes 




6 


Pistols ... 




1202 


Rifles 




3200 


Rifles, Automatic 






192 




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T 



CHAPTER 



raining 




TWO 





SCENES AT CAMP McCLELLAN 



CKapter II. 




TRAINING 

FTER the general shaking up of the reorganization process, 
it took a few days for the new elements in the different com- 
panies to become adjusted to one another. Strangers from 
different regiments were sometimes placed together in the 
same squad. Oftentimes a man's corporal, sergeant, lieutenant 
and captain were all new to him. The captains had to adjust 
LJ themselves to these immense new companies, which were about 
— the size of old battalions. Gradually, however, men and offi- 
cers became accustomed to things on a large scale, and soon the big machine 
was working smoothly. The first couple of weeks were spent in building a 
home. Stumps had to be pulled out, stones picked up, logs rolled away, rough 
places leveled, ditches dug and walks made. When a fairly habitable place had 
been prepared where the men could go after a day's work, the full schedule of 
drilling went into effect. Every morning at 8 o'clock, headed by Colonel Little, 
the regiment could be seen marching out the road to the Maryland drill field. 
There all day one could hear the sharp, snappy commands of captains and 
lieutenants as a squad, platoon or company marched this way and that, back 
and forth, east and west, nort'n and south. They were drilled in the manual 
of arms until they could go through it in their sleep. Every movement had to 
be accurate and precise. At first a rifle was a heavy, unwieldly thing, and the 
men were ver};- awkward as they attempted to handle this new toy. But soon it 
became light and was handled as easily and gracefully as an arm or leg. In 
fact, it was used so much it became as an integral part of the body. 

After a month or two of this kind of work the men felt they could 
march in any formation and immediately execute any command without even 
thinking. The muscles were so trained that they would automatically react 
to given commands. They became so tired of "Squads East and West" that 
they preferred kitchen police or special detail work. They would rather work 
with a pick and shovel or ax and saw than drill. It became an intolerable bug- 
bear. But it was not for them to question or suggest. "It was not theirs to 
reason why; it was theirs to do or die." That was the one thing most difficult 



TRAINING— Cont. 

for the American soldier to learn ; not to think for himself. Most of these 
men were intelligent, wide-awake young Americans, accustomed to doing things 
which were sensible. Whenever they did anything, they saw some reason for 
it and purpose in it. But they were required to do so man}^ things in the arm}' 
in which they could see no sense, no advantage nor reasonable purpose, they 
became disgusted. The}' complained, soldiered, cussed, but obeyed. This process 
kept up until they lost — I was going to say lost their initiative and ceased to 
think for themselves — but they never did that. They did learn, however, to 
submit gracefully to command. They became thoroughly disciplined, so that 
they wore cotton clothing in winter and woolen clothing buttoned up tight 
around the neck in summer. They took their criss-cross shoestrings out and 
laced them straight across. They sewed on their hat cords and put their hat 
straps under their chins at the exact angle in relation to the point of the chin. 
They did all these things cheerfully and with a laugh not because there was 
any sense in them, but because they were told to. They did gladly anything 
that would beat the Hun. Gradually they became disciplined. Instinctively 
they cut off a snappy salute whenever an officer approached. They stood at 
attention in his presence and carried out all commands to the letter without 
question. 

Schools of every variety were started for every phase of military service 
and for men of every rank. Lieutenant-Colonel Reckord and Major Barrett 
were sent away to school at Fort Sam Houston for instruction in field maneuvers. 
Captains and lieutenants went to Fort Sill for special work in musketry, grenades, 
etc. English and French officers and their assistants who had done actual 
fighting in the trenches with the English and French armies came to camp to 
give instructions in the new phases of modern warfare. Schools were held 
from 8 o'clock in the morning to 9 and 10 at night. In mess shacks, "Y" 
buildings, out in the fields, groups of men and officers surrounded their instructors 
and listened to the marvelous things that were being done in the big game on 
the other side. The idea that all that had to be done to make a soldier out of 
a civilian was to teach him how to carrv and handle and shoot a gun soon faded 
away, and everybody learned that war of today is a highly complex and scien- 
tific affair. In the warfare of the past all one heard about was the rifle and 
cannon ; but now he hears of machine guns, automatic rifles, grenades, bayonets, 
trench mortars, one pounders, gas and liquid fire. Schools were started dealing 
with all these subjects. 

Trench warfare brought into new uses the old bayonet. Special instruction 
was given, so the men became as dexterous with a bayonet as a negro with a 




TRAINING 



TRAINING— Cent. 

razor. Down in the trenches they parried with a make-believe enem_y on the 
parapet, thrusting at him with the pole padded on the end so as not to inflict 
any severe wounds. Up on top they thrust at their enemy below, so they 
would be ready to make a raid on a German trench. Out in the field ciu-ious 
dummies — sometimes only bundles of sticks — were hung up in long rows to 
make provision for realistic bayonet work. There was the long jab, short jab, 
barrel stroke and butt stroke, all of which had to be learned accurately and in 
order. All da}' the sharp savage yelp of the men could be heard as they 
attacked their imaginary enemies with the cold steel. Sergeant Madden, the 
English instructor, put lots of pep, snap and savagery into his pupils. There 
was the Cjuick, strong, precise jab, keen eye, wicked look and wolfish 3'ap. As 
one watched a class at this sort of practice he got a realistic sense of what this 
warfare meant and of what might be ahead of him, especially when, with a 
peculiar squeal, the bayonet was pulled out of the imagined enemy. 

The different kinds of grenades were taken apart and explained. They 
were curiosities, particularly the German potato-masher type, which one 
instructor had brought from the battlefield. One morning an eager group of 
officers and men were gathered around a Frenchman, listening intently to his 
explanation and demonstration of an offensive grenade. He finally pulled out 
the safety pin and the grenade accidently fell on the ground with smoke coming 
from a burning fuse. It was amusing to see the crowd scatter as if a German 
shell had landed in their midst and was about to explode. Days were spent in 
learning to throw a grenade properly. Had the grenade been thrown as a 
baseball, every American would have been an expert without practice; but 
there was a strange, foreign, full-arm swing up over the head, similar to the 
motion of the arms of a Dutch windmill. Whole companies would be seen out 
in the field heaving stones about the size of a grenade in this peculiar manner 
toward a trench. Grenades shot from the end of a rifle were explained also. 

The gas school was an interesting place. There we were taught to determine 
the direction and approximate velocity of the wind by the crude device of a rag 
and stick. We learned when it was advisable to launch a gas-cloud attack and 
how to protect ourselves in case of an attack. We learned the relative density 
of the gases used and their effect upon troops and weapons. We learned how 
to put gas masks on horses and mules, and how to get them properly adjusted 
on ourselves in the least possible time. Both hands were trained to act quickly 
and accurately, so that the mask would be in position in at least six seconds — 
five or four was all the better. Speed, snap, ginger and pep was drilled into us 
all the lime. We lived in an intense atmosphere charged with "pep." There was 



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ENGLISH BAYONET INSTRUCTOR. SERGT. MADDEN 




WHAT A LETTER MEANS 



TRAINING— Cont. 

just one sign in the school. It was all the more impressive because it was alone, 
and it was characteristics of the whole school. It said : "In a gas attack there 
are just two classes of men : the quick and the dead." It was a rare experience 
to go into the trenches at night with a gas class. If a person lived through that, 
he felt he would go through the war all right. Baby gas shells would explode 
in unsuspected places and masks must be put on at once. We had to double 
time it through swamps and rough places. It was almost impossible to see and 
just as difficult to breathe. Finally we were guided into a specially built trench — 
specially built not for comfort or convenience, but for discomfort and incon- 
venience. Although everybody wore hip boots and blue denims, we were not 
prepared for such a trench. It was a bottomless pit of mud, about the con- 
sistency of vegetable soup, mixed with brush and sticks. At zero hour we had 
to go over the top and make a supposed attack. But it was almost impossible 
to get out of that trench. In fact, some had to be pilled out by their more 
fortunate comrades who had scaled the parapet, and some of those were pulled 
out of their boots, which stuck in the mud. 

The all-day hike was a part of the training which every person disliked. 
It appeared on the schedule every week or two. The night before the dreaded 
event, every tent was astir with preparation. Every piece of equipment had to 
be in perfect condition, shoes shined, buttons on and hat cord clean. Shortly 
after midnight the kitchen police began the day by breaking up the wood ; fires 
v\'ere started and then the mess sergeants and the cooks appeared on the scene 
to prepare hundreds of sandwiches for the boys who were to do the hiking. The 
stable sergeants and mounted orderlies were out about as early as the cooks, 
so they could have the horses saddled and everything shining by 7.30. A half- 
hour before time to move the whole camp was in commotion, every person 
hurrying to put on the finishing touches. In the kitchen men were getting their 
lunches, and down the company streets they were rolling their packs ; in the 
tents, shining shoes and rubbing up the gun. Officers and mounted orderlies were 
racing around on various missions. Soon the snappy command "Fall in !'' rang 
out along the company streets. The captain looked over his men carefully and 
corrected any defects in clothing or equipment. Colonel Watson came out of 
the office. Sergeant Harris boosted him up on his horse, and there he sat, 
looking much like a king monkey with a peculiar grin on his face which it was 
impossible to know was a smile of satisfaction or a sign of distress. He found 
out whether or not every company was in position, and at two minutes of eight 
he moved out to the head of the regiment. The staff and orderlies swung in 
behind him. Promptly at 8 o'clock the bugle blew "Attention !" then "Forward, 



TRAINING— Cont. 

March!" and we were off over the mountains into the Chocolocco Valley or 
out the pike to Jacksonville. It was tramp, tramp, tramp all day. On the first 
two or three hikes the men used their native sense and evaded as much mud 
and water as possible, but they soon learned they were to go straight ahead 
through all the mud and water that chanced to be in their way, not deviating a 
hair's breadth from the straight and narrow path. They would hike up until 
8.50; rest ten minutes and then hike fifty; rest ten and hike fifty until the desti- 
nation was reached. Out in some big field the regiment would pitch dog tents 
and display equipment for inspection. At a certain time they were permitted 
to eat their sandwiches and drink a ctip of coffee if the captains had been good 
enough to bring a couple of cans along. After every piece of paper, burnt 
match and apple peeling was burned properly or buried, so there was not the 
slightest trace of a camp left behind, packs were rolled and we were off for 
home. It was a hard pull, the last five miles of an all-day hike. But when we 
reached camp the Colonel had the band play, and we marched by division or 
brigade headquarters at attention and with- colors flying as though returning 
from a hard battle in which \\e had vanquished the enemy. 

Saturday morning inspection was another bugbear, but it came as certainly 
as the morning itself. Every Friday night was truly a night of preparation. 
The crowds at the "V and canteen were always smaller on Friday nights than 
on others, because the fellows were busy cleaning equipment, shining shoes, 
sewing on buttons, shaving and getting a hair cut. \Vhen morning came every 
corner of the tent was cleaned, floors swept and frequently oiled. Each soldier 
put his full equipment on his bunk. There was a certain spot for each article, 
and each article had to be on that spot in exactly the prescribed position. 
Blankets, underwear, socks, towels had to be folded in a certain way and placed 
in a certain position, with each corner pointing in a certain direction. Tooth- 
brush, comb, mess pan, fork, knife, ^^feon had to be placed in a certain spot 
at just the right angle. When the inspecting officer came by, each soldier was 
standing at attention in a certain relation to his cot. If there was one article 
too many or one missing, or if there was a speck of rust on a spoon, the soldier 
would probably be invited to join a special detail to do work on Wednesday or 
Saturday afternoon. Colonel Watson delighted in large, "special details," and 
it was this special detail that made the One Hundred and Fifteenth so snappy, 
clean, precise and accurate in everything it did. After inspection the regiment, 
shining like a new pin, would have a "march-past." The band, playing a march 
at 130 steps per minute, would blow itself almost sick while the regiment marched 
by once, frequently twice. Above the noise of the band and the tramp of the 



TRAINING— Cent. 

soldiers could be heard every Saturday about noon down in the One Hundred 
and Fifteenth area the sharp, quick command of company officers, "e-j'-e-s right," 
as the different platoons passed the Colonel. This regimental "march-past" 
won for the Colonel among the men the nickname "Merr)'-go-'Round or Eyes- 
Right Watson." 

Volumes could easily be written on the various phases of an infantry regi- 
ment's training. It might be interesting to describe night hikes through the 
woods, swamps and cotton fields ; day maneuvers over the hills, and sham battles 
in the woods. Some space ought to be devoted to target practice work with 
machine guns, one pounders and trench mortars. Some attention ought to be 
given to the building of trench systems and the stay of our regiment for several 
days and nights in the trenches simulating real warfare. Something ought to 
be said, too, about the physical exercises every person went through in the 
morning and several times during the day to make men strong, tough and supple. 
But these descriptions must give place to a short account of the famous Pied- 
mont hike. It was on Monday, the 15th day of April, 1918. that that never-to- 
be-forgotten hike began. There had been rumors of such an event for weeks. 
Finally the order was issued, and it was actually to take place. Sunday was a 
busy day. The chaplain found a small crowd in the canteen at the usual Sunday 
evening service, for eveiybody was preparing for the hike. Wagons were 
packed with all necessar}' equipment the night before. Reveille sounded at 4 
A. M. We had breakfast in the dark, and just as the sun was rising over the 
mountains the regiment mo\ed out. Everybody went except a few left back 
as guard. It was a beautiful day, and everyone seemed to enjoy the first lap. 
We went a short distance beyond Jacksonville and pitched our dog tents in a 
cotton field, where we spent the night. The next morning we were up at 4.30, 
had breakfast, rolled packs, policed camp and were off for another all-day 
hike. This day was very dift'erent from the preceding one, for we hadn't gone 
more than five miles when a cold rain began to fall. We were on a red-clay 
road, and going was mighty slow. We stopped along the i-oadside and ate our 
sandwiches in the rain about noon, and started on. In an hour or so it cleared, 
and we reached our camp site about 4 o'clock. A worse place for a camp would 
have been difficult to find. Part of the regiment was in the woods, part in a 
spongy cornfield and part in a swamp. Every person made his little nest under 
his dog tent as comfortable as possible and prepared to enjoy life as much as 
conditions and the officers would allow. 

The entire hike was a war maneuver. That night our outpost was attacked 
by the enemy, but fortunately repulsed the attack and prevented the camp from 




PIEDMONT HIKE 



TRAINING— Cont. 

being captured. Wednesday and Thursday were spent in all-day maneuvers, 
embracing machine-gun companies and artillery. It was a great sight to see 
the men cross a stream in water up to their waists. It was even more pic- 
turesque to see the artillery drawn by six or eight horses plunge down the bank 
of the stream, splash through the water and into an attack just beyond. Actual 
fighting was simulated as far as possible. The Red and Blue armies, into which 
the troops had been divided, fought along the roads, across the fields and over 
the hills Avith all the cunning and dash of real warfare. Umpires were con- 
stantly making rulings which affected the course of the battle. Men were, sup- 
posedly captured, killed and wounded. First-aid stations were established 
and ambulances set to work. Finally the battle was stopped and the opposing 
armies gathered along the roads, where they ate their lunches together, laughed 
over the amusing incidents and argued over the merits of the contest. The 
officers lay down in the shade of a big barn and discussed the strategy, wisdom 
and folly of the different maneuvers. Late in the afternoon the armies were 
assembled and marched back to a common camp. Friday night we broke camp 
about 6 o'clock, and at lo the regiment started for Camp McClellan, twenty-five 
miles away. With full equipment on our backs, we set out for camp when we 
ought to have been going to bed. It was a severe ordeal. It taxed the endurance 
and strength of all. Everyone felt like lying down on the side of the road and 
waiting for daybreak. But everyone was a good soldier and a good sport, and 
kept on going and going, just going, sometimes half asleep, until about 6 o'clock, 
when we finally reached camp, having covered twenty-five miles in eight hours. 
The camp never looked so good and never felt so much like home. 

While camped at Piedmont an event took place which was of great impor- 
tance in the history of our regiment. On Wednesday, April 17, an order came 
down from division headquarters, relieving Colonel Watson of his command 
and assigning him to duty on the General Staff. Command of the regiment 
thus fell to Colonel Reckord. Captain Hewitt had prepared for the occasion 
by securing a silver service, which was to be presented to Colonel Watson in 
the name of the officers of the regiment. After mess, officers' call was sounded 
and all gathered in front of the Colonel's tent. The band came down, too, to 
add dignity and tone to the ceremony, and the men looked on from a distance. 
Colonel Reckord presented the gift as a token of the officers' esteem and as an 
evidence of their appreciation of his justice and faithfulness as regimental com- 
mander. Although Colonel "Watson had been in command onlv a little over 
three months, he had won a rightful place in each man's heart. He was an 



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SATURDAY MARCH-PAST 




WALL SCALING 



TRAINING— Cont. 

unusual man ; and, had he not been succeeded by an unusual man, his removal 
would have been a distinct loss to the regiment. His heart was touched, for 
real soldiers have hearts, although they are seldom seen. He expressed his 
gratitude for the gift, and especially for the co-opei^ation of the officers and 
men during a trying training period. There were some good-byes. The band 
played "Auld Lang S)'ne." Colonel Watson went down the road toward 
Anniston, and we haven't seen him since. Such are the relationships of army 
life. 

It would be an ungrateful oversight to close this chapter on training without 
a personal word regarding Colonel F. B. Watson, who deserves the credit of 
bringing the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry to such a high degree of 
efficiency. He was a little man in stature, with a slight limp in his gait, but 
he was every inch a soldier and every whit a gentleman. He was exacting, but 
always just. He was satisfied with nothing less than perfection, and in his 
unique way he came very near getting it ; at least, he got the most otit of every 
man and officer. Fie was not domineering nor unreasonable, but he expected 
every person to do his best, and would tolerate nothing less. He was a man of 
extraordinaiy energ)^, on the job day and night and seemingl)' never tired. 
He was always out before reveille, and it was a common event for him to inspect 
the guardhouse or turn up somewhere before an unsuspecting sentry long after 
midnight. He was all eyes. Nothing escaped his notice. After a mess sergeant 
with force of kitchen police and company delinquents had spent hours in putting 
iii^ company mess shack in perfect condition, scrubbing the floors, walls and 
rafters and shining pots and kettles, the Colonel would come in with the 
Captain. The Colonel would walk around and around, not saying a word, but 
all the time looking eagerly for the slightest defect. The Captain would be feel- 
ing in high spirits, thinking he had the Colonel this time ; but in a minute he 
would be horrified to have the Colonel stop and say : "My, My, My, this is a 
dirty kitchen. Captain! Now, don't you think so?" The Captain would reply, 
"No. sir; I think it is very clean." Colonel: "Don't you see that burnt match 
over there?" And, sure enough, in a crack between the boards tmder the table, 
was a piece of a burnt match. Then he would take the Captain back into the 
pantry and show him some dust on the cans of beans, and the Colonel would 
say : "Look at that dust, Captain ; now I think you'll admit this kitchen is not 
clean; now, be honest, Captain. Won't you admit it?" And the Captain 
wouldn't know what to say. So the Colonel would leave, saying: "Let's have it 



TRA.INING— Cont. 

loo per cent, next time." He wanted lOO per cent, everj'where — in dress, equip- 
ment, tent, wagon, stable, kitchen, salute, marching, drilling, shooting. He 
wanted perfection, and it was his insistent, unique, gentlemanly method of ever- 
lastingly keeping after it that made the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry the 
most nearl}' perfect organization in the entire camp. 





1^^^\ 



Social Life 



CHAPTER 




111 w ^^^ m 

THREE 











FREE-FOR ALL. BETWEEN TWO COMPANIES 




CANTEEN BUILDING 



Cnapter III. 



SOCIAL LIFE 




ORTUNATELY, in camp life there was something besides 
the drudging of drill, the dread of inspection and long, all- 
day hikes. It had its bright spots and happv hours packed 
with real fun, laughter and play. There wasn't much time 
for play before reveille, for a man would lie in his warm bunk 
just as long as possible. Each man had the time gauged to 
the second. He knew just how long he could stay; and then, 
with one desperate lunge, he would jump out of bed and dress 
in a wild scramble. But he would fall into line as leisurely as though he had 
been waiting a half-hour for assembly to blow. After rollcall there were a few 
minutes before breakfast. These were used in straightening up the tent, wash- 
ing and shaving. Then a long line appeared near the mess shack with mess 
kits and cups for their hot dogs and coffee, or whatever the mess sergeant was 
good enough to hand out. Breakfast, as a rule, was not a very enjoyable meal. 
Sometimes it was hardly worth while to sit down to eat, because there was 
little of it and so much hurry and confusion among the men. 

The little time before drill call was usually spent in rubbing up the old 
rifle or fixing some item of equipment. From 8 o'clock to half-past ii or 12 
was spent on the drill field or in some school, and then there was an hour or 
more for dinner. As the men formed in line the tinkle and clatter of mess kits 
sounded like the herding of so many flocks of sheep, each with a bell attached. 
The mess sergeant usually had prepared something pretty good, so that the men 
enjoyed the meal and the association at the long tables, where the whole company 
of 200 or more were gathered. There was plenty of joking and teasing among 
the men, and a free discussion of the merits and wisdom of the lieutenant or 
captain or major-general who was responsible for the character of drill that 
morning. They solved all the problems of the camp to their satisfaction, but 
usually found that the powers that be had a different solution. Before the drill 
call for the afternoon there would be time to play catch, volley-ball or box a 
little while in the company street, or have a short game of cards in the tent. 




WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES ON SCORE BOARD 




WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 



SOCIAL LIFE— Cont. 

The real play time of the da_v, however, was from retreat at half-past 4 
or 5 until taps at 9.30 or 10. A few of the men would hop a jitney and go to 
town just for a change of scenery, to get a chance to see some houses, look into 
store windows and see real men and women walking along the streets. Ninety- 
five per cent, of them vv'ould sta}' in camp. As many as could crowd into the 
canteen building would be there a half-hour before the movies started. And if 
one of Hewitt's "New York Vaudeville Specials" was on, they would be there 
a full hour before time, for the men soon learned they would see something 
extraordinaiy, a real "Broadway burlesque extravaganza," when they saw a 
"Hewitt's Special." The canteen was a popular place for a man who had plenty 
of money; of course, there was no use going there unless one had just gotten 
his pay. It was customary to sell one hundred gallons of ice-cream in an 
evening, and all the soft drinks that could be hauled out during the day. Candy, 
cakes, cigarettes, apples, oranges and anything that had a good taste was in 
great demand. Some of the men would go to the "Y" to watch a movie, hear a 
lecture, listen to some special music, read or write letters. Some would stay 
in their tents, play cards, chat or write home. Right after pay day secret 
"parties'" would be held in specially selected places, where the "Knights of the 
Dice" would shake, rattle and roll until all the money had passed into the hands 
of one lucky knight. 

Outdoor athletics were encouraged by the military authorities and an effort 
made to get every man interested and playing. This was done for a twofold 
purpose, viz. : to keep the men contented and happy and to develop them 
physically. Regimental football teams were formed. Our team had little 
practice and played only one game in the fall of 191 7, and that for the cham- 
pionship of the camp. This memorable game was on a Sundav afternoon, 
November 25, against the New Jersey Engineers, who claimed the champion- 
ship. They had a strong team and had defeated everything in sight; but when 
they hit the One Hundred and Fifteenth they met their masters. Our team 
was composd mostly of ex-college players who were stars in their day. Ruhl, 
Mellon, Lee, Butler, Payne and Jarman were well-known names to the follow- 
ers of the pigskin, and the Engineers went back to their camp that evening 
knowing that the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry was an organization 
that would be at the top in every branch of athletics. Because of bad weather, 
even here in the so-called Sunny South, we had to give up football and resort to 
indoor basket-ball. The lack of proper facilities and the difficulty of arranging 
practices made it impossible for us to put out our strongest team, yet, in spite 
of obstacles, our showing was good throughout the season. 



SOCIAL LIFE— Cont. 

As soon as the warm days of spring came, all the men turned naturally 
to the great American pastime. Every level space big enough for a game was 
in demand until dark. iVlI grades of teams were formed into leagues. There 
was the division league, composed of teams representing the big regiments ; a 
league representing the smaller units, such as machine-gun battalions, and 
leagues in every regiment composed of company teams. Every Wednesda}'' 
and Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday the games were on with hot rivalry 
and great crowds watching. Our regimental team, under the captaincy and 
coaching of Lieutenant Frank C. Mellon, carried off the honors of the camp. 
Each member was presented with a handsome wrist watch as a token of victoiy. 
The One Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry team contested our tMe and 
defeated a make-shift team representing our regiment the last Saturday at 
Anniston. These athletic contests created great enthusiasm among the men, and 
large crowds witnessed the games. Besides these big events, much interest was 
shown in fast riding horses, cross-country running, boxing and swimming at 
the lake. 

A camp was no place for the ladies, and they seldom graced it with their 
presence. Life became empty, dull and heavy without them. There can be no 
real social life without the refining, artistic and beguiling touch of the fair sex, 
and our efforts to enjoy ourselves were crude and pathetic. Thanksgiving Day 
came. It was a holiday. The captains had spared no effort^ nor expenditure 
of money in trying to make it a da}' of real happiness for the men. The mess 
sergeants used all their skill in preparing the most appetizing dishes, and all 
their ingenuity in decorating the mess shacks and tables. There was plenty of 
roast turkey, celery, cranberry sauce, sauerkraut, fruit and candies. But these 
things only seemed to taunt us and mock us as we tried to observe Thanksgiving 
Day without mother, sisters, wife, sweetheart and the laughter of the children. 
The men sat down to a feast of really good things to eat, but they could not 
help but feel that "life does not consist of bread alone." Although officers' 
wives and friends were around to give a touch of home, the scene was inevit- 
ably heavy, clumsy and decidedly masculine. Christmas came. Every effort 
was made to bring the holiday cheer and joy. A large pine tree was gotten from 
the mountains nearby and placed in the center of the bandstand. It was deco- 
rated with hundreds of yards of tinsel and red rope ; Santa Clauses were hung 
on every branch ; a great silver star was placed at the apex of the tree ; hundreds 
of colored electric lights were strewn all over the branches. The entire Fifty- 
eighth Brigade, comprising 6000 men or more, gathered around the tree just at 
dark on Christmas Eve. At a given signal the electric current was turned on 



SOCIAL LIFE-Cont. 

and the tree became a true blaze of glory. A spontaneous, irrepressible excla- 
mation of awe and delight came from the vast crowd. But that faded into per- 
fect and reverent silence as the beautiful strains of that sacred Christmas 
hymn, "Holy Night," came floating down over the hill, where a brass quartet 
played with the richness of a great organ. Christmas carols were sung and 
prayer offered. Colonel Little brought Christmas greetings and a Christmas 
message, and the festivities were begun. The postoffice was swamped with an 
avalanche of Christmas boxes and messages from those who were "keeping the 
home fires burning.'' These were the chief source of Christmas cheer. We had 
a good Christmas dinner, and, although there were hundreds of men around, 
we were even more lonely than on Thanksgiving. 

Washington's Birthday brought the only occasion to which the men were 
permitted to invite their ladies. It was a dance in the canteen building. Although 
more ladies were present than at any other time, there were about fifty men to 
each one. On the same day the officers of our regiment tendered a reception 
to our new brigade commander and his wife. General and Mrs. Harry H. 
Bandholtz. But the outstanding society event of Camp McClellan histoiy was 
the Fifty-eighth Brigade Dance, held on the night of April 6. For a week or 
more the interior of the canteen building had been undergoing a strange meta- 
morphosis. The bare-board walls were changed into banks of pine branches. 
The rough rafters became long arms of trailing wistaria from which hung the 
large purple blossoms. A beautiful fountain played in the center of the hall, 
and goldfish swam there. The officers, with their boots and spurs polished with 
a gloss that kept the orderlies working all day, the fair ladies gorgeously 
gowned, and the bands playing back among the palms presented a spectacle 
with a military touch such as stands out alone in our history. 

A normal social life can be enjoyed, however, only under normal condi- 
tions. The herding together of 25,000 young men in a tented city from which 
they cannot go without permission creates an abnormal and unnatural condi- 
tion. Every semblance of home life is gone. The refinements and courtesies of 
ordinary social intercourse are supplanted by the stern, rude etiquette of mili- 
taiy discipline. Every real American with his democratic spirit and native 
feeling of equality, be he officer or private, despises the system that prevents him 
from being natural in his dealings with his fellow-men. On Wednesdays and 
Saturdays, when half holidays were granted, and on Sundays, when most of 
the men were free from reveille to retreat, it is not surprising that every man 
who could possibly arrange it left camp to seek normal conditions in the nearby 
cities and towns. As soon as the military duties of the day were ended, vehicles 



SOCIAL LIFE— Cont. 

of every description, big jitneys, little jitneys, middle-sized jitneys, buses, "sub- 
marines" and private cars, swarmed into camp to take the men away. "Goin' to 
town !" "Goin' to town !" was a familiar and welcome call heard along every road. 
The men piled into the jitneys and kept on piling until they v\rere overflowing. 
Then they were off to town. One who has not felt the restrictions of military 
life can scarcely realize the feeling of freedom that comes to a soldier when he 
gets out of camp. It was a delight to get into town and mingle with the civilians. 
It was a pleasure to go into a restaurant and order what you wanted and sit 
down to a table and have a waitress wait on you, instead of standing in line and 
waiting your turn to be given whatever the cook saw fit, whether you liked it 
or not. The men enjoyed going to movies where other folks went besides sol- 
diers ; the}' enjoved going into stores and chatting with the clerks and buying 
things. They enjoyed going to church and meeting the people afterward. They 
enjoyed going into the homes of the people, sitting in real chairs and eating 
from a real table surrounded by men and women and boys and girls. The 
people of Anniston, as a rule, were cordial and hospitable. On New Year's Day 
they entertained a thousand men in their homes. Many of the men were fre- 
quent visitors to some of the homes. Some of them found Southern mothers ; 
and some found Southern sweethearts. Wives and children, mothers and 
sweethearts came to Anniston for a few weeks or months during the training 
period. A trip to town once or twice a week to see friends broke the humdrum 
of camp life and added a touch of home which helped to ease the loneliness and 
strain of the abnormal conditions under which we were living. The social life 
was not all we could wish, but the lack of it v\'as one of the privations of war, 
so everyone made the best of it. 





CHAPTER 



FOUR 





LEAVING CAMP McCLELLAN AND ON OUR WAY 



CKapter IV. 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN 




S the training period stretched through the winter and into the 
spring, the weariness of endless drills all but crushed our 
spirit ; the restlessness and restraint caused by so many months 
of apparently needless discipline became so great that it seemed 
we would explode. As the news came from overseas of 
German victories, our eagerness to get into the fray almost 

1 1 I drove us mad. If ever war dogs strained at the leash, the 

men of Camp McClellan were clamoring for a chance to try 
their skill, knowledge and courage against the irresistible foe. Dame Rumor, 
the forerunner of every great event, had been busy for weeks, filling our minds 
with all sorts of possibilities and impossibilities. Some claimed we were going 
to Russia by way of San Francisco and Japan; some said we were going to 
Italy; others said Mexico, and some clouds of gloom reported that our regi- 
ment was to be broken up and assigned to guard duty here in the States. Our 
hopes were brightened, however, because we felt that we were going to have a 
change of some sort. 

Finally entraining orders were actually issued and we knew we were going 
somewhere. Every barrack bag, box and trunk had to be of a specifiied size, 
marked in a certain way. After that was done with great care, true to army 
efficiency, we were ordered to do it all over again in a different way. Weeks 
were spent in properly arranging every detail and in submitting to every kind 
of inspection and listening to lectures on embarkation. Finally long trains 
pulled slowly into camp. The men hailed them with glee. First, General 
Morton, Division Staff and the One Hundred and Tenth Machine Gun Bat- 
talion pulled out. Our turn came Sunday morning, June 9. All was hustle 
and hurry. It was raining, but a sigh of real relief came to each one when he 
found himself seated in a train going, he knew not where, but going away from 
Camp McClellan, never to return — unless years hence he should visit it as a 
delegate to the National Convention of the American Legion. Yes, we were 
really off for the trenches and battlefields of France, where the heart of every 
true soldier longed to be. 




SCENES ON THE OCEAN 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Cont. 

Our trains wandered rather slowly through Georgia, the Carolinas and 
Virginia, stopping here and there, permitting us to get a cup of coffee and a 
package of cakes from the Red Cross Canteens. The surprise of our lives 
came to us, however, when by some strange working of the fates our train was 
held up a whole day at Laurel, in the heart of the old home State. The tele- 
phone wires were kept hot with messages to every hamlet and farmhouse, tell- 
ing that the One Hundred and Fifteenth was in Laurel, on its way to France. 
Soon the roads were alive with automobiles, hurrying to Laurel : the trains from 
Baltimore were crowded with anxious mothers and fathers, wives and sweet- 
hearts, coming to see their soldier boy once more before he should leave his 
native soil. Late in the evening the trains stopped for a little while at the 
stations in Baltimore, and here were more fortunate meetings. It was a day 
of joyous greetings and sad farewells. Night put a stop to these moments of 
unexpected reunion, and darkness found the trains hurrying away through 
Maryland and New Jersey to Hoboken. We arrived early Wednesday morn- 
ing, June 12. No one seemed to know where we were going. Like a herd of 
cattle we went where we were taken and did what we were ordered. It was 
raining. We marched from the train to the ferry, crossed the river and again 
marched from the ferry to the big ocean liner that was to be our home for two 
weeks as we zigzagged the ocean. 

Unfortunately, our regiment was separated and put upon three different 
ships. The unlettered companies and the first battalion went aboard the United 
States steamer "The Covington," which was formerly a Hamburg-American 
liner known as "The Cincinnati." Forty-two hundred American soldiers were 
aboard, including four or five hundred negroes, all under command of Colonel 
Reckord. Each man was given a life belt and ordered to wear it at all times. 
We were not permitted to remove our clothing at night, and slept with our life 
saver near at hand. Abandon-ship drill was practiced twice a day. Every man 
had a certain place to go and a certain thing to do, so that in case of being 
torpedoed the boat might be abandoned in a very short time. 

"The Covington" had made many a trip on all the oceans of the earth. She 
had also carried many troops to Europe, but this was her last trip, for the first 
night out on her return voyage for another load of Americans she was tor- 
pedoed. She made a brave struggle for life, staying up seventeen hours after 
being hit; but after all those aboard were taken off and in safety, this noble, 
seemingly human thing succumbed to the terrible wound in her side and plunged 
to her waterv grave at the bottom of the ocean. 




ON OUR WAY— 




ABOARD THE COVINGTON' 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Com. 

The second battalion, together with Brigade Headquarters and other troops, 
was put aboard the "George Washington," the flagship of the fleet of convoys, 
all under the command of General Eondholtz. The third battalion was placed 
on the Italian vessel "Dante-Alegihera." 

For three days we lay in New York harbor. No one seemed to know why, 
but we did. Saturday about noon all troops were ordered below deck so as not 
to be seen. We could feel the throb of the old ship as she pulled away from her 
moorings and dropped noiselessly down the bay. When out a little distance we 
came out on deck in time to get a good look at the Statue of Liberty square in 
the face. It was a solemn moment when we passed her by; our hearts seemed 
to be pounding with emotion. We passed ferry-boats, and Saturday afternoon 
excusion boats crowded with people. They waved their hats and cheered and 
cheei-ed as we moved on out into the boundless deep and away to foreign 
shores to fight— some few to die — that the light of liberty might never go out. 
It seemed to be the voice of all America cheering us on our way and wishing us 
success in our great undertaking. Strange feelings filled our hearts as we stood 
upon that vessel and watched the shores of home land slowly fade away into 
the distance. 

By the time darkness came on, every sign of America had vanished and we 
gave our attention to the boat for diversion and amusement. Not a single light 
was permitted on deck, not even a lighted cigar, and inside the boat ghostly 
little blue lights flickered in the hallways to guide one to his proper compart- 
ment. Everyone felt a trifle uneasy that first night as we ventured out upon the 
vast sea where the snaky German submarine watched for a chance to strike a 
deadly blow. Nearly everyone slept with his clothes and shoes on the first 
night, as ordered; but most of the dread wore away with the first day, so that 
the second or third night found many of the men sleeping as contentedly as if 
they were home in bed. Such is the remarkable quality of the average American 
to adjust himself to any new situation, and such the short-lived feeling of 
dread. He wouldn't have been surprised if a submarine had appeared at any 
moment of any day or night, but would have accepted the situation calmly and 
would have made the best of it. 

There were six or seven ships in the convoy which left Hoboken. About 
as many from Newport News met us several hundred miles out Sunday after- 
noon. They had been attacked early Sunday morning by a German submarine, 
but fortunately escaped without damage. These thirteen vessels, large and 
small, assumed a regular formation and kept their positions all the way over. 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Com. 

That old warrior of the seas, the "North Carolina/' blazed the way, and several 
little destroyers scouted around us during the entire voyage. For twelve days 
and twelve nights the engines in those ships throbbed away without losing a 
stroke. The captain of the vessel and the colonel were the only men who knew 
exactly where we were ; the rest of us guessed. Sometimes we figured we were 
on a northern route and sometimes on, a southern route. Sometimes we were 
traveling north or northeast ; sometimes we were going south or southeast, and 
sometimes just east. We did not know where we were, except that v,'e were 
somewhere on the Atlantic Ocan, and we learned that there are a good many 
different places to be on that body of water. We were resigned to our fate, 
however, and hoped to land sometime, somewhere, in Europe. We did not 
know whether it would be England or France or Italy; but we were on our 
way, headed in the right general direction and content. 

The weather was perfect. The sun shone nearly every day all day, and 
the surface of the sea was as quiet and serene as that of a little pond on a calm 
summer's day. The continuous throbbing and the inevitable rhythmic roll of 
the ship tended to derange one's balancing faculties and unsettle one's digestive 
machinery. Many of the men for a few days were undecided whether they were 
seasick or just didn't feel right. Some boasted that they never felt the least bit 
sick, and a few were bold enough to bet as much as twenty dollars on the 
stability of their stomachs. There was very little real seasickness, and in spite 
of the crowded conditions, the lack of sufficient food and the danger of the 
"sub," it was a rather enjoyable trip — now that it is over. We had about as 
much excitement and variety of scenery as is possible on a safe ocean voyage. 
The porpoises played tag alongside the ship for miles at a time; the flying fish 
gave exhibitions frequently enough to prove that there are such things ; a whale 
was occasionally seen in the distance, and someone said he heard the dogfish 
one night bark savagely at the vessel, evidently mistaking it for a tramp steamer. 
We warn scientists writing treatises on "fishology'' not to cite this as proof of 
the existence of such a fish, for our authority may have been mistaken. 

The men spent most of their time standing in line waiting for something 
to eat ; and when they were not waiting, they were wishing for something to eat. 
Food seemed to be scarce. When they were not eating or waiting to eat or 
wishing to eat, they were lounging on deck or asleep in a bunk. There were a 
few diversions to help while away the long hours. We had boxing matches, 
band concerts, impromptu entertainments of singing, sleight-of-hand tricks, 
dancino-, and the like. We had a French class every day and learned to say. 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Cont. 

"Bonjour," "Combien," "Beaucoup," "toot sweet" and other essential French 
sounds. The bright student learned as much as "Donnez moi du pain s'il vous 
plait," and thought he was an accomplished Frenchman fit to conduct a party 
on a sight-seeing tour. But when he came to the test he was sorel)- disappointed, 
for the average soldier's French finally reduced itself to a disgusted wave of 
the hand with "No compre, No compre !" The colored band came to our end 
of the ship a few times and jazzed and jazzed as only they could. Their glee 
club sang for us, too, "We're Gonna Bring de Bacon Home to Uncle Sam" and 
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," but the most popular pastime was watching a few 
black men scramble for money. A large collection of nickels, dimes and a few 
quarters was placed on the floor of the deck. A boxing glove was put on the 
right hand of three of four "husky" blacks who were willing to risk their faces 
for a handful of change. Each man was shown the money and then placed 
equally distant from the pile, with his back toward the coveted coin. At a signal 
from the master of ceremonies each made a dive for the prize. Each man was 
supposed to knock his opponents away with his gloved hand while he gathered 
in the spoil with the other. Crowds gathered around to see the fun. One 
man would scarcely get his fingers on the money when "biff !" he. would receive 
a blow on the head that would knock him over. While he was getting in shape 
to make another attempt, the man who had laid him out would be going through 
the same experience. The scramble would last for only a few minutes, but 
there was lots of action and enough excitement to last for several hours. 

The outstanding experience of the entire trip came, however, at 7.15 P. M. 
June 21. The evening meal was over; the band was playing; thousands of men 
were out on the deck of each vessel, listening to the music, playing a game of 
cards, watching the sun— a great crimson orb— sinking deeper and deeper into 
the quiet sea. All of a sudden "bang!" went a cannon on the "George Washing- 
ton," and immediately gun crews on a half dozen vessels were firing at something 
in the water right in the midst of our convoy. Every person rushed toward the 
cannonading to see the excitement. Fellows with a good imagination saw a 
real periscope just above the surface of the water. One of the vessels dropped 
a depth bomb, and there was a violent explosion, blowing water high in the 
air like a giant geyser. One of the naval officers on our boat said, "They've got 
her! See the oil on top of the water?" Some of us thought we saw the oil and 
were elated that we had been attacked by a sub and were fortunate enough to 
sink one of the treacherous things. The next morning we learned that the 
cruiser had dropped a target to see if our crews were quick enough to detect it. 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Cont. 

Thus the days passed. It was moonlight the last few nights out. As one 
sat on the upper deck of a ship watching the sun go down and the moon come 
up, the sun and moon and clouds, the sky and sea and ships, painted pictures 
of beauty such as Nature alone is capable of. Everyone was impressed with 
the vastness of the sea, the immensity of the world, the fraility and insignificance 
of man. Someone ventured the observation that Columbus and his crew must 
have been real men to set out in a small sailboat upon such a sea, not knowing 
where they were going or what they were going to find. One of our colored 
brethren, who had never been more than ten miles away from his little cabin in 
Tennessee, as we kept on going and going, seeing nothing but water, water 
everywhere, began to feel a bit strange and suspicious about things. He was 
not just sure but that we might lose our way and fall over the end of the world. 
As he stood on deck gazing off into the distance with a far-away look in his eye, 
he said with great feeling to his buddy, standing nearby, "Good Lord, Mose, 
dar's an awful lot ob wata in dis year ocean, ain't dere? You know, I'd jes 
gibe dis whole damn outfit to see a bush growin' out dar somewhar; jes a 
common, ordinary bush." Just then a few seagulls were seen flying about, and 
one of them lighted on the water. Our friend said to Mose again, "Jes look at 
dat 'ar bird sittin' on de wata!" Mose said in reply, "Nebba you mind 'bout 
dat bird. If one of dem German torpedoes hits dis here boat, you'll wish you 
could set on de wata that way, too." 

We were all anxious to see a real bush growing on the solid ground, for 
we felt we had been on the water long enough. Those who were out early 
Tuesday morning, scanning the horizon for something new, saw away off to the 
northeast a few specks which aroused consternation and hope— consternation 
lest they might be some German submarines, hope that they might be submarine 
destroyers for our protection ; for rumor had it that we were entering the Bay 
of Biscay, the most dangerous part of the danger zone. These specks turned 
out to be fifteen destroyers coming to escort us up the bay to our port. We 
hailed them with glee, for everyone felt happier and more secure. Wednesday 
was the roughest day of the entire voyage. Many of the men felt somewhat 
seasick and were content to sit around watching the little destroyers pushing 
their noses through the big waves, ever alert for the slightest sign of danger. 
All day this wonderful group of camouflaged vessels — ocean liners, cruisers, 
converted German raider and wasps — plowed its way up the bay. That night 
most of us went to bed with a slight unackowledged fear, hoping and praying 
that we might pass the night in safety. 



ZIGZAGGING THE OCEAN— Cent. 

Thursday, June 27, dawned bright and clear and calm, with every vessel 
of our convoy in her proper place. We were told that we would land that day. 
We scanned the horizon for the first glimpse of land. About 10 o'clock one 
could detect the hazy outline of France thirty or forty miles off to the east. 
Here is a paragraph from a diary written that day : 

"Airplanes come out to meet us and more destroyers to help guard us as 
we approached the ancient harbor of Brest. The land becomes more and more 
distinct, having the appearance somewhat of the palisades along the Hudson, 
but more bleak and barren. The shore is not sandy, but appears to be fifty to 
seventy feet high. It has been worn into all sorts of shapes by the continuous 
beating of the sea through many centuries. As we come nearer, trees, green 
fields, houses, forts, lighthouses and observation balloons become distinct. It 
is a wonderfully beautiful harbor. Here, tradition tells us, the Phoenicians 
stopped hundreds of years before the tune of Christ on their way to England for 
tin. Here Julius Caesar built a fort and estabhshed a garrison of Roman sol- 
diers to form a connecting link between Rome and Britain. It has the appear- 
ance of the ancient and foreign. People can be seen on a few narrow bathing 
beaches. The narrow neck broadens out into a great harbor. Our transports 
form in single file and steam into our port of destination in safety." 

It was dinner time as we entered the harbor. In one of the officers' dining- 
rooms, the major in command, at the close of his meal arose and said, "Gentle- 
men, we are safely within the harbor of Brest. I am sure every man is happy 
in the feeling that we have crossed the sea without mishap. I suggest the chap- 
lain lead us in a word of prayer, expressing our gratitude to Almighty God." 
While the officers sat in silent reverence, the chaplain arose and voiced the 
gratitude and joy of the thousands of men of that convoy. This little incident 
indicates that the motto stamped upon our coins, although seldom expressed, is 
nevertheless true : "In God We Trust." We felt we had won our first great 
victory over the Kaiser in landing more than 50,000 trained, enthusiastic 
American soldiers safely upon the shores of France. 





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ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TRENCHES 




HE troops on some of the ships remained aboard that night 
in the harbor of Brest. The ships were brilliantly lighted; 
the bands played and the men — possibly it would be more 
accurate to say '"officers" — fittingly celebrated their safe 
arrival. Those who did not celebrate had a good night's rest 
in perfect security, the first for about two weeks. Most of 
j[=i our regiment, however, was unfortunate enough to be taken 
ashore to spend their first night upon European soil out in a 
so-called "Rest Camp." It was "some" night, a foretaste of the hardships of 
trench life. After gathering all our belongings together and waiting in line for 
an hour or so, we piled into a lighter and were taken ashore, for our transports 
were too large to dock at the wharf. The regiment, with the exception of the 
third battalion, which remained aboard, was assembled in a little clearing. As 
we stepped upon "terra firma" and realized we were upon French soil, the 
thought uppermost in our minds was Pershing's famous speech at the tomb of 
Lafayette on July 4, 1917, when the first American troops reached Paris: 
"Lafayette, nous sommes ici." ("Lafayette, we are here.'') Yes, our dreams 
had come true — we were in France. 

When the companies were in place, the colonel yelled "F-O-R-W-A-R-D, 
March !" the first command in France. The drums beat a quick, snappy Camp 
McClellan cadence and we were off across France to the trenches. Brest had 
the appearance of an ancient and foreign city, such as it is. It is a "walled 
city," down toward the sea at least. These great high walls of ancient masonry, 
with their menacing towers, turrets and forts, seemed cold, strange and 
unfriendly; but as we approached an archway, the great iron gates were open 
and seemed to welcome us as friends. We marched up a steep road on the out- 
skirts of the city, where the poorer classes live. The people stopped and looked 
on and a few came running from their houses to see the "Americans." These 
French folks were a study. Their faces were sad, with all hope and enthusiasm 
gone. Only the little children were gleeful, and that possibly because they 
thought they might get a few "pennies" from the newly arrived, big-hearted 




THE CHATEAU AT BREST 




ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TRENCHES— Cont. 

Yankees. They ran along by our side, took hold of our hands and said, "Bonsoir, 
Monsieur, Good-by, Penny ! Penny ! si '1 vous plait." Of course, they were given 
a goodly collection for their trouble. Toward the top of the hill a group of 
children stood at the side of the road and sang lustily with a decided French 
accent : " 'Ail ! 'Ail ! de gangs ah 'ere. What de 'owl do we care ; what de 'owl 
de we care." The colonel halted the column and had the band play ''Hail! 
Hail ! the Gang's All Here." The French people applauded and we all enjoyed 
this little human touch of friendliness. 

On out the dusty road we marched to the old stone barracks built and used 
by Napoleon during his European wars. They were already crowded with 
American troops, so we had to move on to the dusty, open fields for our resting 
place. It was between lo and ii o'clock at night when we reached our destina- 
tion, but light enough to read a newspaper. There was a long twilight, and we 
began to think we were somewhere near the Land of the Midnight Sun. The 
men pitched their dog tents, rolled up their blankets and were soon fast asleep. 
It was a hard night. on the officers, however, for their bedding rolls were not 
brought up until the next day, and they had to sleep on the cold, damp ground 
with a raincoat for a mattress, a campaign hat for a pillow and a heavy frost 
for a blanket. They could either do that or walk around in the moonlight for 
their health, which was the part of wisdom. About 2 o'clock in the morning the 
colonel and a number of officers, cold and hungry, were standing near a big 
pile of bread. The colonel asked the sentry if he would give this hungry bunch 
of officers a loaf of bread. The sentry said, "No, sir; my orders are not to 
give this bread away or allow anyone to take it." The officer of the day was 
found and he interceded for his hungry brothers, so that the sentry consented 
to give up a loaf. It was amusing to see those officers standing around in the 
.cold eating a chunk of bread without butter or jam, or a cup of coffee, or even 
water, with which to wash it down. 

Morning came, and we were more than ever impressed with the fact that 
we were in a foreign country. The fields were well kept and surrounded by 
wide fences made by a combination of dirt and stone. They were overgrown 
with moss and bushes and decaying stumps of trees, showing they had stood 
there for centuries. The houses and barns were all built together within a high 
stone enclosure, reminding one of the olden days when the country was infested 
by bands of outlaws and bandits. Out on the main road the peasant women in 
their plain black dresses and quaint white bonnets jogged along in their little 
two-wheeled carts to market. The old men — for all the young men were away 
to war — wore broad-brimmed black hats with ribbons down the back. All were 




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FRENCH PEASANTS COMING IN FROM THE FIELDS 



ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TREMCHE5— Cont. 

working diligently in the fields, trying to produce food enough to support the 
army. They were a serious, determined people, doggedly sticking to the great 
task of winning the war. 

Some of us had an opportunity to see the city of Brest and to go down into 
the cells, dungeons and torture-rooms of the ancient chateau. Some went to the 
old church nearby on Sunday and joined in the quaint form of worship. Some 
went across the swamp and took a bath at the old-fashioned spring. Most of 
us had a chance to take a shower bath at the barracks, but the one impression 
left on everyone's mind is DUST. There was dust, dust everywhere. We 
breathed dust, ate dust, slept in dust; yet, from what we have heard of Brest 
since, we are glad it was dust instead of mud. 

Monday morning, bright and early, we knocked down our dog tents, rolled 
packs and moved on. We hiked into Brest, down to the railroad station, where 
the strange little French trains were waiting to take us on a long journey across 
the whole of France. Those cars looked like playthings compared with our 
big American Pullmans and boxcars, but we found they were intended for 
serious business. Four officers were quartered in a little 4x8 compartment with 
a side door where they were to live, if possible, till the journey's end. Here the 
men were introduced to their famous "side-door Pullmans" of that special brand 
marked "40 hommes, 8 chevaux." Sometimes there was enough room to stretch 
out and lie down, but more frequently "lyingi down" had to be clone in turns. 
However, the regiment, loaded up with three days' rations of hardtack, beans 
and corned willie, took its inconveniences as a joke, with a laugh, and went on. 

For two days and nights the trains rolled on through a really beautiful 
country. The peasants v/ere working in the fields, harvesting hay and wheat. 
All along the journey the people greeted us with joy and welcomed us as their 
country's deliverer. During these bright, warm days of July the country was 
at its best, and truly seemed to us "La Belle France" or the sunny France we 
had heard about. The fields looked like beautiful lawns and the woods like 
well-kept parks. Not a square yard of ground was growing wild, not a twig 
was going to waste. France had to use every possible source of food and fuel 
supply. 

Late Monday afternoon on the first day's journey we passed through St. 
Brieuc, where we had a glimpse of the North Sea from the train. Between 
9 and 10 o'clock that night we stopped for a few minutes at the station in 
Rennes. When the train pulled out fi-om there we found the most comfortable 




FAMILIAR SCENES IN CHAMPUTTE. FRANCE 



ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TREKICHES-Cont. 

position possible, considering the rights and wishes of others, and went to sleep. 
We were awakened frequently by heavy snoring or a neighbor's foot on our 
face; or possibly some brother had decided to turn over without giving the 
signal and his shoulder was planted deep in our stomach. Daylight finally came, 
bringing relief. The trains were stopped at a coffee station, where the French- 
men had some hot coffee all ready for us. The men piled out of the cars like 
sheep out of a crowded pen. Each one had his canteen, steel mirror, towel, 
razor and toothbrush. The pump or hydrant was besieged by men clamoring 
for water. The fence, trains and coffee shed were Hned with mirrors, each one 
with a man's face in front trying to shave. After a stop of a half hour or so 
the whistle blew and we were on our way again. We passed through the great 
cilv of Tours, with the towers of its magnificent cathedral standing out plainly 
like two giant sentinels guarding all other buildings that clustered around. 

Beyond Tours we passed miles of the strangest homes we have ever seen. 
They reminded us of the cliffdwellers, for the houses and barns, too, were built 
back into a high rocky bank. The street ran along the edge of the bank, the 
front doors opened into the side of the bank; sheep grazed on top of the houses 
around the chimneys. It seemed strange to see smoke coming out of a chimney 
on top of a hill. We followed the Cher River on to Bourges. All were alseep, 
. or supposed to be, when we crossed the Loire at Nevers. When morning came 
we were near Etang. Again we went through the same performance as yester- 
day morning at a coffee station, and were soon under way. We struck the 
Soane River at Chalon and followed it in a northeasterly direction to Gray. 
Here we switched onto a small railroad and went due north to Champlitte, our 
destination. Lieutenant Sam Merritt, our billeting officer, was there to welcome 
us and tuck us all away in the nooks and corners of ancient stone buildings for 
the night. 

The next day, the Fourth of July, was anything but a holiday. Everyone 
was busy lugging up baggage from the station and making his "hole-in-the-wall" 
as comfortable a place to live as possible. With real American adaptability, all 
settled into the life of the village quickly enough to arrange a celebration of our 
nation's birth. General H, H. Bandholtz, our brigade commander, with the 
Mayor and Council of Champlitte, reviewed the One Hundred and Fifteenth 
Infantry in its first exhibition in France. With colors flying and band playing, 
the regiment snapped into formation along the main street. The French citizens 
turned out in large numbers to see their newly adopted American citizens. The 
review was followed by a band concert around "The Fountain," and this by a 
party fittingly celebrating a day so great in the history of America. 



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IN BATTLE FORMATION 



ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TRENCHES— Cont. 

Champlitte that day and for man}' days after had an American population 
as large or even larger than its own French population. The hospitality of the 
French was remarkable. They welcomed us as brothers — their equals, if not 
superiors. They gave us the best rooms in their homes. They invited us to 
meals with them. They were friendly and kind, and made our stay among them 
as pleasant as possible. The men of the One Hundred and Fifteenth will 
always remember with warm hearts their friends at Champlitte and Neuvelle. 

We were supposed to stay here for a month or six weeks and get the fin- 
ishing touches of our training before going into the trenches, somewhere along 
a 200-mile front. The colonel, two majors and several captains were sent to 
school, and the regiment followed a daily schedule of drills and maneuvers. 
It was during these days that the German ofifensive on the Marne was at high 
tide. The Hun was irresistibly pounding his way toward Paris. Every day or 
so a communique was received by the Champlitte postmaster telling of the 
Boche advance. All France was stirred, stunned by the frightful blows. The 
world stood trembling, aghast, before what looked like certain disaster. Crowds 
of excited citizens would gather about the postoffice waiting for the next mes- 
sage from the front,, hoping it would be favorable. In every hamlet, town and 
city of. the world anxious folks eagerly awaited every bit of news. 

Here in Champlitte the boys of the One Hundred and Fifteenth sensed 
the tense, restless feeling of the world. New and complete combat equipment 
was received and distributed — gas masks, helmets, automatic rifles, pistols, 
extra ammunition, machine guns; in fact, all the equipment under the table of 
allowances. But these signs of action failed to satisfy the ardor of the men 
who had come to France to fight. Like fiery steeds champing on . their bits, 
these men were eager to try their courage and skill. On Sunday, July 14, we 
had a celebration in honor of the French Independence Day. The French flag 
was carried in the review side by side with Old Glory. The Mayor made a 
short speech, thanking the general "for the splendid review and display of brave 
American soldiers," closing with an earnest wish and devout prayer that the 
principles for which our sister Republics stood might have a speedy victory. 

On Monday, July 15, we received a telegram stating the Germans had begun 
another mighty offensive. They had attempted to cross the Marne at Chateau 
Thierry. The Americans had been called in and had succeeded in turning the 
■ Hun back, and we were anxious to get in somewhere to help. The next day, 
after retreat, there was a stir around brigade and regimental headquarters. 
Messengers were hurrying about with business of importance. Soon an auto- 



ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TRENCHES— Com. 

mobile with the general, colonel and adjutants was seen speeding away to divi- 
sion headquarters. The atmosphere was tense, charged with expectancy. For- 
tunately, we had not long to wait for something definite. Next morning we 
received orders to pack up, leave everything except actual necessities behind, 
and be ready to march at 5.30 P. M. Everyone was happy; our chance had 
come. The Thirty-second American Division, which had been holding a quiet 
sector in Alsace, had been ordered to the Chateau Thierry area, and the Twenty- 
ninth was to take its place. 

July 17, 1918, was the hottest day of the summer, and every person was 
rushing about at top speed to be ready by 5.30. AVe hadn't time even to get our 
meals, for stoves had to be turned in. Officers left their trunks behind. The 
men gave some of their belongings to their French friends ; the most valuable 
were stored in a barrack bag and left to the mercy of fate. The bare necessities 
for a winter's campaign they rolled in their packs, which were to be carried on 
their backs. In these packs there was an extra suit of underwear, two pairs 
of socks, an extra shirt or two, toilet articles, half a dog tent,, a slicker, two 
blankets and a big overcoat. Tied onto the pack somewhere they had an extra 
pair of heavy hobnailed shoes, gas mask, mess kit and steel helmet. Besides 
all these things, they carried their rifles, bayonets and extra ammunition. It was 
enough to break the back of an army mule; but at 5.30, just two weeks to the 
hour from when the regiment arrived at Champlitte, it was in line, armed to the 
teeth, loaded to the sky, ready to move on. During the afternoon the sky 
became overcast, and by evening clouds had formed, making a great blanket 
holding in the heat of the day. Everything was steaming. The hot, white, 
endless, dusty road stretched out through the country and was lost in the distant 
hills. The stage was properly set for the hardest hike in the history of these 
hardened, hiking hikers. 

At seven minutes to 6 the order, "Forward, March!" was given, and the 
fierce ordeal began. Out along the road the heavy column wended its weary 
way. The first two or three hours were the hardest, for they were the hottest. 
About 1 1 o'clock a wind sprang up, and at mignight it began to rain, which was 
a relief from the sultry, stifling heat. No man who made that hike will ever 
forget its severe grilling. Half asleep, half starved, half faint, half dead, we 
stumbled and staggered along under that crushing load. It took every grain of 
grit and every once of energy, for we kept going until i, 2, 3 o'clock — yes, it 
was almost 4 when the ragged column tumbled into the boxcars and onto the 
flatcars at Le Ferte-sur-Apance. We had covered thirty-two kilometers (twenty 
full American miles), but with the exception of some who fell by the wayside 



ACROSS FRANCE TO THE TRENCHES— Com. 

we had reached our destination and were in our cars, ready to leave before the 
appointed time. At 4.32 A. M. the first section pulled out, carrying this 
exhausted heap of men, who did not care a rap where they were taken or very 
much what happened. 

The trains rolled along for half a day and stopped at Bas Evette, not far 
from the historic city of Belfort. Here we detrained. Airplanes were hovering 
over, guarding us from German observation. We could hear the rumble of 
artillery ; at night we could see the flashes in the sky and knew we were not far 
from the real thing. Regimental headquarters were established at La Chapelle 
sous Chaux. The battalions were quartered in surrounding villages. A big 
French aviation field was near, and we were entertained every day by exciting 
air battles. Preparations were made for the early occupation of the trenches. 
Officers studied their maps. They made trips up to the front to study the trench 
system and become familiar with the particular trenches their companies were 
to occupy. Only a few days were spent here in getting all necessary information 
and in getting in the pink of condition. Then the order came sending us into 
our place on the front. 






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THE ITINERARY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH 
INFANTRY IN FRANCE 

Date Place Key Number 

June 27-30 — Brest (Camp Pontanezan) 1 

June 30- July 3 — By rail from Brest to Champlitte 1-2 

July 3-1 7 — Champlitte (3rd Bn. in Margilley and Neuville) 2 

July 1 7-18 — "The Champlitte Hike" (Champlitte to La Ferte) 2-3 

July 1 8 — By rail from La Ferte to Evette La Bas (vicinity of Belfort) 3-4 

July 18-22 — Vicinity of Belfort, La Chapelle Sous Choux, Offemont, Bas-Evette 4 

July 22-23 — Hike to Centre Sector, Haute Alsace 4-5 

July 23-Sept. 22 — Centre Sector, Haute Alsace, C. R. Gildwiller, C. R. 
Balschwiller, Hecken, Falckwiller. Traubach Le Bas, Traubach Le 
Haut, Brechaumont, Guevenatten, Sternenberg, Reppe, Foussemaghe, St. 

Cosme, Fontaine 5 

Sept. 22-23 — Relief by Tenth Chausseurs and hike to Bessoncourt 6 

Sept. 23-25 — Hike to Belfort, rail to Mussey, hike to North East of Bar-Le Due 6-7 

Sept. 25-29 — Signeulles, Marats Le-Grand, Bois Du Fays and alongside the 

trucks 7 

Sept. 29-30 — Hike to Mondrecourt 7-8 

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 —Hike to Nixeville 8-9 

Oct. 1-4— Nixeville 9 

Oct. 4-5 — Hike to Germonville 9-10 

Oct. 5-7 — Germonville, Bois Burrus, Longbut 10 

Oct. 7-8 — Hike to Samogneux 10-11 

Oct. 8-29 — Meuse-Argonne offensive, Malbrouck, Consenvoye, Richine Hill, 

Gde Montagne II 

Oct. 29 — The relief by the Seventy-ninth Division and the hike to Cote des 

Roches 12 

Oct. 29-30 — Hike from Cote des Roches to Verdun 12-13 

Oct. 30-31 — Hike to Moulin Brule and trucks to Robert Espagne 13-14 



THE ITINERARY— Cont. 

Date Place Key Number 

Oct. 3 1 -Nov. 17 — Robert Espagne, Beurrey, Tremont, Couvonges, Combles . . 14 

Nov. 1 7-20 — Hike to Ligny-En-Barrois (through Lisle-En-Rigault, Hairon- 

ville, Lavincourt, Stainville, Nant-Le-Petit) 14-15 

Nov. 20-21 — By rail from Ligny to Vitry and hike to Bourboune — las Bains 

area 15-16 

Nov. 21, ' 1 8- April 14, 19 — Bourbonne-Les-Bains area, Fresnes, Senaide, 

Ainvelle 16 

April 1 4 — Hike to Passavant 16-17 

Api-il 14-16 — Rail to Connerre 17-18 

April 16 — Hike to Bonnetable, Briosne, Beaufay 18-19 

April 1 7-28— Bonnetable 19 

April 28-29 — Hike to Connerre and entrain for St. Nazaire 1 9-20 

April 29-May 1 1— St. Nazaire 20 

May 11, '19, 1 P. M. — Ship leaves St. Nazaire for America. 




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HEADQUARTERS CO. KITCHEN, ALSACE 




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CKapter VI. 



THE ALSACE SECTOR 




T was on July 25, 1918, that we received definite orders assign- 
ing us our first task in the front fine in Alsace. And, although 
we knew it to be a "quiet sector,'' our orders told us that it 
was to be held at all costs. Pursuant to this order the regi- 
ment was put in motion. On the night of July 27-28 the first 
units of the One Hundred and Fifteenth entered the trenches, 
l l I It was a dismal night, pitch black and raining hard. 

The third battalion, commanded by Captain Jas. G. 
Knight, in the absence of Major Chas. B. Finley, Jr., who was attending a 
field officers' school at Langres, was selected to be the first unit to enter the 
trenches. From their respective billets each company had sent forward the 
usual reconnaissance details. At 21 o'clock (9 P. M.) the battalion was put in 
motion and, silently following Captain Knight, with columns of files on either 
side of the road, moved out from Sternenburg and Guevenattan on its march 
to the trenches. The relief was made without the slightest trouble or confusion 
and was a credit to the regiment. Morning found Company K (Captain E. 
Brook Lee) and Company M (First Lieutenant John Wade) in the assault on 
front-line positions, with Compan)' I (Captain A. W. W. Woodcock) and 
Company L (Captain Harry L. Wagner) in reserve positions. This relief, the 
first in which the regiment had any part, was accomplished with such smooth- 
ness and precision that it brought forth many complimentary remarks from the 
French, some of whom had been in the service since the beginning of the war. 

The following night, July 28-29, the second battalion, commanded by Cap- 
tain Walter Black, in the absence of Major Frank Flancock, attending field 
officers' school at Langres, leaving behind them the little Alsatian towns of 
Traubach le Haut and Trabach le Bas, in which they had been billeted, in 
single file over the muddy road and through the silent night, proceeded to the 
front-line trenches and took over the Balschwiller sector. Morning found 
Company E (Captain Harry Ruhl) and Company F (Captain Ralph Hutchins) 
in the front-line trenches, with Company G (Captain Harry Robb) and Com- 
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The first battalion, commanded by Captain Herbert L. Grymes (Major 
Henry S. Barrett being temporalily in command of the regiment), during the 
night of July 27-28 was billeted in barracks in Chevannes Woods, being held 
as a regimental reserve. 

Regimental headquarters, together with Headquarters company (Captain 
Thornton Rogers), Supply Company (Captain Chas. E. Myers), Machine Gun 
Company (Captain Carey Jarman) and Medical Detachment (Major Donal 
Miner), were at the same time located at Brechaumont. 

And now, on the morning of July 29, 1918, after months spent in training 
and long, weary days, weeks and months in wishing to be at the front doing his 
"bit," every officer and man of the One Hundred and P'ifteenth found himself 
actually on the front line in Alsace in defense of the center sector. Haute 
Alsace. It is true this part of the great fighting line was known as a quiet 
sector ; yet, to these men, fresh from America, there seemed to be considerable 
action. 

The plan of defense of the sector was worked out and studied. The line 
was to be held at all costs against a Hun attack. Dispositions were therefore 
made in depth, the units nearest the enemy being supported by other and larger 
units in the rear, each having its designated position to which it would repair 
immediately in case of attack. 

Headquarters Company, while having its headquarters in Brechaumont, 
was, on account of its varied duties, to be found all over the sector. The signal 
platoon was kept busy installing telephones and wireless and keeping up all 
means of communication. The t,/ m. m. and trench mortar platoons were 
divided and placed along the front-line positions to supplement the fire of the 
rifles, and the pioneer platoon, finding so much work to be done in the front-line 
trenches, moved to a dugout in Balshwiller and devoted all of their time to 
needed repairs on trenches and duckboard. 

The Machine Gun Company alternated with the companies of the One 
Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion in positions along the front line 
supporting the other companies of the regiment. The Supply Company at last 
had an opportunity to function under war conditions, and to keep the men of 
the regiment clothed, fed and equipped was a duty which required the untiring 
effort of this entire organization. 

Day and night ration and ammunition carts could be seen moving back and 
forth from the main dump at Brechaumont to the battalion and company dumps at 



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the front. Rolling kitchens were not moved with the companies, but were 
exchanged and left in place, thus avoiding much extra work and trouble. 

The Sanitary Detachment was functioning in accordance with plans as 
laid down, having aid and dressing stations, properly supervised, with each bat- 
talion. It was during this period of duty that the men of this detachment 
learned much that was to be of inestimable value a little later on. Here, too, 
the regimental ammunition section, intelligence section and scout platoons came 
into being and learned to function. 

The Huns, evidentl}' learning of the relief by a fresh regiment of Americans, 
quickly determined to "tr_y us out," and so, on the morning of July 31, 1918, 
we received our first real taste of battle. It was at P. P. 6, in the sector defended 
by Company K. Here our line curved far out into "no man's land," making a 
dangerous salient in which was included the Bois de Holzberg and reducing 
the width of "no man's land'' to but a few hundred yards. At 4.45 o'clock the 
Germans raided this position in force, being covered by a heavy artillery tire 
and barrage. Upon being discovered they were immediately engaged by our 
sentries, under Sergeant Richard Loeschke, Sergeant Samuel Cadill and Sergeant 
J. H. E. Hoppe. 

Using hand grenades as an offensive weapon, the Huns were enabled to 
effect a number of casualties, but, although severely wounded, Sergeant Hoppe 
and Private Youngbar leaped from the trench and engaged the Boche. Rein- 
forcements, led by Captain Lee and Lieutenant O'Connell, quickly arrived upon 
the scene, although having to pass through the enemy barrage. The Huns were 
driven off, having failed to secure a single pirisoner. This was the regiment's 
first taste of a real fight, and demonstrated our ability to cope successfully with 
the enemy. For their splendid work in repelling this attack Sergeant Hoppe 
and Private Youngbar w-ere awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and 
Captain Lee, Lieutenant O'Connell and Sergeant Loeschke the Croix de Guerre. 
In this fight Private Alexander Stanorski and Private James Lundy were 
killed, these men being the first soldiers of the One Hundred and Fifteenth 
Infantry to give their lives in battle. Private Paul Hull was fatally wounded, 
and died in a hospital a few days later. 

At all other points along our line everything remained quiet, much to the 
disappointment of the men. However, with the constant watching and con- 
tintial changing of reliefs, the feeding and supplying of the men in the trenches 
and the intermittent rifle, machine gun and artillerj' fire, there was always 
something to be done. Added to the above, orders were received for patrols to 




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CHURCH ON GILDWILLER-SUR-MONT 




FRONT LINE TRENCH, BALSHWILLER SECTOR 



THE ALSACE SECTOR-Cont. 

go out into "no man's land" each night, and these patrols did much to enliven 
the life of trench warfare. Officers were detailed to study the position and make 
recommendations for supplementing the present defenses. 

On the night of August 8-9 the sector was turned completely over to the 
One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry, all French officers and soldiers who had 
been acting in the capacity of instructors and guides being withdrawn. Com- 
panies in the forward positions were relieved by companies from the support 
at intervals of five or six days. 

On August 12 Colonel M. A. Reckord, who had left the regiment at 
Champlitte to attend the field officers' school at Langres, reported and took 
command. About this time all other field officers and company commanders 
who had been attending schools rejoined the regiment and assumed their 
respective duties. On this same date the first battalion moved from Chevannes 
Wood to St. Cosmes, thence to Sternenburg, preparatory to relieving the third 
battalion in the line. 

During the night of August 12-13 the regiment experienced heavy fire 
from Hun artillery. It was in the nature of retaliation for losses inflicted by 
the French artillery supporting us, and was directed mainly against a French 
battery located in a wood near Sternenburg. 

Pursuant to orders, the first battalion left Sternenburg at 21 o'clock (9 P. 
M.) August 13 to relieve the third battalion in the Gildwiller sector. Major 
Barrett was in command, with Company A (Captain Elmer F. Munshower) 
and Company D (Captain Herbert L. Grymes) in the assault positions, and 
Company B (Captain Winfield B. liarward) and Company C (Captain Thos. 
G. McNicholas) in reserve. The night was clear, but dark, and the relief was 
completed in good order, and the third battalion moved out to the position of 
regimental reserve at St. Cosmes. 

Throughout the period during which the first battalion occupied the Gild- 
wilier sector numerous patrols were sent out across "no man's land" to obtain 
information and, if possible, capture German prisoners. These patrols did much 
to give both officers and men confidence in their ability to cope with the Hun. 

On August 14 regimental headquarters received an order to select a point 
in the enemy line and prepare a party to raid it. Accordingly, the regimental 
commander selected First Lieutenant Chandler Sprague as commanding officer 
and a party of thirty-five men from the third battalion, supplemented by six 
engineers, to do this work. Colonel Reckord and Lieutenant Sprague made fre- 



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FRONT LINE IN HOLZ-BERG WOODS 



THE ALSACE SECTOR- Com. 

quent visits to P. P. lo during the da)'s following, for the purpose of studying 
the ground and the enemy trenches opposite. Much time was given to the 
training of this party also, and plans worked up by regimental headquarters for 
properly assisting the party to recross "no man's land" when the mission should 
have been accomplished. 

The training and plans included the actual laying out of wire and its 
destruction with the use of T. N. T. and the placing of each of the men in their 
respective positions, the selection of a firing position for the twenty-four 
machine guns in the woods near Gildwiller sur Mont, the preparation of these 
positions and the placing and laying of the guns with their barrage line. Every- 
thing being ready, the night of August 17-18 was selected, and, with faces 
blackened and armed to the teeth, the men filed out of trench at P. P. 10 and 
were lost in the darkness of "no man's land." 

Down in the second battalion two small patrols were sent out from P. P. i 
and P. P. 2 to go across 'no man's land" and circulate in the hope that therebv 
the attention of the Hun would be drawn away from the larger raiding party. 
Up on Gildwiller sur Mont the machine gunners awaited in position, barrage 
lines laid, ready to fire the instant the rocket signal was displayed by Lieutenant 
Sprague. After seeing all these preparations made and the party out of P. P. 
10, Colonel Reckord went back to regimental .headquarters to await results. 
The moments lengthened into hours and at last the grey dawn began to break, 
and yet nothing was heard of the party. At last, at 5.15 o'clock, with the sun 
just coming over the horizon, the party re-entered P. P. 10, having gotten only 
two-thirds across "no man's land" and being compelled, on account of limited 
time, to return before daybreak. 

The following night, August 1S-19, the party again left P. P. 10 and, cross- 
ing along the same path as the previous night, cutting much enemy wire, suc- 
ceeded in reaching a point only one hundred yards from the Hun trenches, but 
again, on account of approaching dawn, was compelled to return with the mission 
unaccomplished. It was a tired, dirty and discouraged outfit that filed into the 
Battalion Post Command at Hecken; and yet, while there was much disap- 
pointment at the outcome, the experience gained was of considerable value. 
The machine gunners on Gildwiller sur Mont remained steadily at their guns 
until the sun came over the horizon, and not until they received word that the 
raiding party had returned did they give up hope of firing the box barrage that 
would keep the Huns in their trenches and thereby assist our party to regain 
their own lines. 



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THE ALSACE SECTOR— Com. 

On August 20 Colonel Reckord took command of the Fifty-seventh Brigade, 
relieving General Barber, and command of the Regiment again fell to Major 
Barrett. During the nights of August 21-22 and August 22-23 the regiment was 
relieved by the One Hundred and Sixteenth United States Infantry and stationed 
as follows: Regimental headquarters. Headquarters Company and Machine 
Gun Company at Reppe, Supply Company at Fontaine, first battalion at Fousse- 
mange, second battalion at St. Cosmes and third battalion headquarters with 
Companies K and L, at Reppe, and Companies I and M at Vauthiermont. While 
at these stations the regiment was in reserve to the One Hundred and Sixteenth 
Infantry. Each day was directed to instruction in grenade, automatic rifle and 
pistol and training in the capture of machine-gun nests. 

While the regiment was at Reppe, orders were received at brigade head- 
quarters for the execution of a raid into the Hun trenches by a large raiding party 
of infantry, supported by artillery and machine guns. Captain E. Brooke Lee 
was selected by the brigade commander to lead the party, assisted by Lieutenants 
Sprague and Phelps. The men were selected from the companies of the third 
battalion. 

The point to be raided having been selected and photographed by airplane 
and improvised trenches laid out, rehearsals were conducted for about ten days. 
At last, everything being in readiness, the raiding party proceeded to the Post 
Command of Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry, in trucks, at 
which point they arrived at I o'clock Augi.ist 31, 1918. Here all watches were 
synchronized and, moving out by P. P. i, the last detachment was in place in 
"no man's land" by 3.15 o'clock. At 4.36 o'clock the preliminary bombardment 
began and, following the schedule, the party rushed into the Hun trenches. 
During this advance a shell struck a bar of T. N. T. carried by a party of engi- 
neers and several of our men were instantly killed by the explosion. 

Entering the Hun trenches, the party searched trenches and dugouts in 
an effort to take prisoners, but throughout the search only three were seen. 
These were discovered by Sergeant Gerk and Corporal Dorsey in the shadows 
of a small connecting trench. The Germans opened fire, and Corporal Dorsey, 
who was in front, was shot in the stomach, but as he fell Sergeant Gerk lunged 
forward, burying his bayonet in the breast of one of the Huns and giving chase 
to the others. At this point the withdrawal rocket was fired, and the party 
began their return trip across "no man's land." Enemy barrage was falling 
heavily, and caused considerable confusion and some loss, but the party 
worked its way back to our trenches. Private Frank Fleishman displayed 



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THE ALSACE SECTOR -Cont. 

marked courage in rendering aid to a wounded comrade and was killed by an 
enemy sniper. A number of men were lost, both killed and wounded, and, much 
to the regret of all, our mission, which was to take prisoners, was not 
accomplished. 

During the period the regiment remained in reserve, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Wm. F. Pope reported for duty and took command. Captain Jas. G. Knight 
and Captain Ralph Hutchins were promoted to the grade of major and assigned 
to the One Hundred and Thirteenth and One Hundred and Fourteenth Infan- 
tries, respectively. 

Throughout the nights of September 5-6 and 6-7 the One Hundred and 
Fifteenth relieved the One Hundred and Sixteenth, and for the second time 
took over the duties of defending the front-line trenches. This relief was 
executed without mishap, the first battalion occupying the Balshwiller sector, 
the third battalion the Gildwiller sector, with the second battalion in reserve 
at Trabach-le-Haut. 

On the night of September 10, 1918, Colonel Reckord returned from duty 
with the Fifty-seventh Brigade and assumed command of the regiment. The 
evening of September 13 the Huns surprised us by shelling the town of 
Trabach-le-Haut, occupied by the second battalion. Long-range guns firing 
high-explosive shells were used, and, although falling in the center of the town, 
not a direct hit was made on a single building. One man, Corporal Eugene 
Mehlhorn, was killed by a shell fragment. 

Our patrols took over "no man's land," and every night found from two 
to four patrols on scout duty. The most successful of these was a patrol led 
by Captain Herbert L. Grymes on the night of September 14-15. This patrol 
actually entered the enemy trenches and, having found what to them appeared 
to be a pathway frequented by the Huns, disposed themselves so as to command 
the trench and awaited developments. Hardly had they been placed when a 
Hun patrol of about thirty-five men was seen approaching. At the prearranged 
signal, a whistle blast, our patrol opened fire with automatic rifles, hand grenades 
and automatic pistols. The Huns were taken by surprise, and, being caught in a 
"pocket," suffered great loss. In the melee several of our men were wounded, 
but after affecting great slaughter upon the enemy our patrol withdrew, and 
about I o'clock re-entered our lines, having accomplished an excellent night's 
work. 

Orders for the second battalion to relieve the third battalion were executed 
during the night of September 16-17, and without casualties. The second bat- 







CAMOUFLAGED KITCHEN 




RATION DETAIL 



THE ALSACE SECTOR— Cont. 

talion had no sooner taken over the Gildwiller sector than on September 17-18 
the Huns launched a projector gas attack, which was directed against the sector 
held by Company H. Accompanied by an extremely heavy artillery fire, the 
gas projectiles landed squarely in the trenches and on the dugouts occupied by 
our men, and, bowling them over, exploded, filling the air with the deadly fumes. 
Twenty-four casualties resulted, and but for the excellent work of Battalion 
Gas Non-commissioned Officer Sergeant Hugh P. McGainey many more would 
have succumbed. For his untiring efforts and soldierly conduct under such 
trying circumstances Sergeant McGainey was awarded the Croix de Guerre. 

It was while the regiment occupied the front-line position during this period 
that we saw the first use of strategj^ on a large scale. All the inhabitants of 
the towns of Hecken, Gildwiller, Gildwiller-sur-Mont, Balshwiller and Ueber- 
kumen were not only ordered out, but assisted to move back of our lines. For 
days these peasants, many of whom lived within five hundred meters of our 
front line and all of whom lived within the forward area, and had lived through- 
out the war, could be seen traversing the roads to the rear. 

Reconnaissances of the front to ascertain if suitable for the use of tanks 
were also made; in fact, everything was done that would give the impression 
we were preparing for an attack, including the use of some heavy railroad 
artillery. Results obtained were very satisfactory, as our intelligent department 
reported the Huns, thinking an attack about to be launched, moved five or six 
divisions to our^ front from other hard-pressed points along the line. But the 
One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry was not to attack here, and on September 
20, 1918, was relieved by the Tenth Regiment French Chasseurs and, moving 
to the rear, was billeted in Bessoncourt and nearby towns. 

The news of the glorious victory of the Americans at St. Mihiel had fired 
the whole regiment with the most burning enthusiasm. The men were fairly 
itching to get a chance in one of those big drives. In every mess shack you could 
hear the same old remark, "Why don't they let a real regiment show them what 
it can do?" Down in the plum orchards of Alsace the men had time and again 
dreamed of a drive which would send them through Mulhouse, straight to 
Berlin. 

Imagine, then, the grim joy which filled them when, on September 22, the 
order transferring us to the Verdun front was issued. According to the cooks 
and orderlies, it certainly did look as if something was stirring. 




CENERAL MORTON and GENERAL BANDHOLTZ 



THE ALSACE SECTOR— Cont. 



SECRET 



Field Orders 
No. 8. 



P. C. 115th Infantry, 

American E. F. , France, 

22 September, 1918. 



Map, — LURE (EPINAL) 1 





80000 


FONTAINE 


1 




20000 


TROYES 


1 




200000 



1. The 115th Infantry, as a part of the 
29th Division, is being transferred to a new 
area. It will detrain in the vicinity of 
ROBERT-ESPAGNE, the Division being attached to 
the 5th Army Corps (American) . 

2. The movement will be made by rail. 
The duration of the journey will be about 36 
hours. 

3. (a) The regiment will entrain at 
BELFORT in accordance with the Entraining Table 
hereto attached. 

(b) In marching to entraining point 
organizations will move via the PEROUSE-BELFORT 
road. The requirements of G. 0. 46, Hdqds. 
29th Division covering march discipline will 
be complied with. 

(c) Transportation will be at the en- 
training station 3 hours and troops 1 hour 
before the time of departure of trains. 



THE ALSACE SECTOR— Cont. 



(d) The senior officer of each train 
will hand to the R. T. 0. a statement showing the 
number of officers, men, horses, mules, 
vehicles by type, and amount of baggage travel- 
ing on his train. Headquarters, Supply, Sani- 
tary and Military Police detachments will 
accompany their battalions. 

(e) Loading and unloading details have 
been detailed at the entraining and detraining 
points for all trains, except train No. 23, 
which will be loaded by a detail from troops 
assigned to that train. The Commanding offi- 
cer, 2nd Battalion, will arrange for this 
detail for train No. 23. 

(f ) Provisions will be made at the 
entraining and detraining points of each train 
for defense against airplanes, and on each 
train will be organized a party to consist of 
automatic riflemen and the best shots on the 
train for protection of same against planes. 

(g) Detraining stations and orders for 
detrainment will be given the commanding 
officer of each train on arrival in the new era. 

4. (a) Field and Com.bat Trains will 
accompany their units. 

(b) Water carts will be loaded filled. 

(c) Rations for the journey will be 
carried, as follows: 

(I) Haversacks, — 2 days' reserve. 

(II) On train,— 1 day's travel and 2 
days' field. 

(Ill) On field trains, — 1 day's field 
and 1 day's reserve. 

(d) Small bundles of wood will be car- 
ried in order that hot coffee may be served from 
rolling kitchens. 



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THE ALSACE SECTOR— Com. 



5. Last railroad in this area will be on 
22nd September, 1918, at FONTAINE. 

First railroad in new area will be on 26th 
September at ROBERT-ESPAGNE. 

6. Evacuation before the movement, — 

Sick and wounded personnel to HERICOURT, 

Sick and wounded animals, — Those able to 
move will be entrained at MORVILLARS in 
accordance with attached Entraining Table. 
Those unable to move will be transferred to rep- 
resentative of the 88th Division (U. S.) at 
La-COLLONGE in accordance with instructions 
given by 7th Army Corps, U. 3. 

7. The Battalion Supply Officers will 
arrange with the Regimental Supply Officer the 
places of delivery of rations. 

8. Organization commanders will assure 
proper police of all billets occupied by their 
organizations. 

Thorough inspection will be made to see 
that no government property is abandoned. 

9. Regimental P. C. will close at BES- 
SONCOURT at 19.00 o'clock 23rd September. 
1918. 

Reckord 
Comm.anding. 




MAP OF AREA OVER WHICH U5TH FOUGHT. NORTH OF VERDUN 




CHAPTER 



SEVEN 





SAMOCNEUX. CONSENVOYE. AND MOLLEVILLE FARM 



CKapter VII. 




MEUSE-ARGOMNE OFFENSIVE 

HROUGOUT the night of September 23 the regiment marched 
to the historic old city of Belfort, which had proved a stumbling 
block for Germany in 1870, and was there loaded into three 
trains, destined to take us to that active front toward which 
our eyes had ever been turned since first we set foot upon 
^1 — I the soil of France. The doors of some of her chevaux specials 
jl — I had been left open, and these were as wet inside as out. In 
consequence, the men passed a miserable night, but bore up 
under it with the wonderful cheerfulness for which they were remarkable. 
Crowded forty, and sometimes forty-five, in a tiny boxcar intended for eight 
horses, they "cussed" just a little bit and proceeded to go to sleep as best they 
could. 

Let us look back for a moment and note some of the many changes in the 
personnel of the regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Craighill, that perfect Virginia 
gentleman, loved by every man who knew him, had been sent on other duty, 
and in turn Lieutenant-Colonel Pope, who succeeded him was himself succeeded 
by Lieutenant-Colonel Mills. 

Major Finley was acting brigade adjutant, thus placing command of the 
third battalion temporarily in the hands of Captain Woodcock. 

Captains Knight and Hutchins had been promoted and Captain Myers had 
been assigned to duty with the division quartermaster. To fill these vacancies, 
Lieutenants Wade, Mclntyre and Hewitt were promoted to the grade of cap- 
tain. Captain Black, Lieutenants lu-ler, Cecil. Rowers and others had been 
ordered back to the LTnited States to act as instructors, and incidentally to be 
promoted. Other officers had been called away from the regiment for assign- 
ment to duty elsewhere, and many new lieutenants had been sent us for 
replacements. 

And so, on this morning as we sped toward the north and west, we found, 
upon reflection, that many changes had taken place in the old outfit not only 
among the officers, but among the men as well. And, while we knew we had 



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This map, reproduced from an original map prepared in France by the In- 
teUigence Section, Twentj'-ninth Division, clearly shows the division's part in the 
First American Army's Meuse-Argonne operation. On October 8, at 5 o'clock A.M., 
the One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantr\- attacked northward in the center of the 
sector marked "29th U. S." The spaces between the lines marked with dates show 
the extent of the regiment's advance between those dates. The cit}- of Verdun is 
11 kilometers south of the village of Samogneux, from which the One Hundred and 
Fifteenth jumped off. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFEMSIVE— Cont. 

buried a few of our best men in Alsace, we could look with satisfaction upon 
the work we had accomplished there. And, on the other hand, we were com- 
pelled to realize that we were now rushing toward that part of the western 
front where the task would be still harder and the price to be paid in blood much 
dearer. 

It was midnight on the 24th of September when the first section reached 
Mussey and detrained. This was quickly followed by the other sections, 
bearing the remainder of the regiment as well as other organizations of the 
division. From Mussey we proceeded by battalions to our stations ; regimental 
headquarters was established at Seignuelles ; first and second battalions were 
bivouaced in the woods nearby, and third battalion was in Marats-le-Grande. 

The following morning, September 26, 1918, many tired men were awakened 
from their slumber to realize they were at last truly in a big battle, for the 
great Meuse-Argonne offensive had begun, and the distant roar of cannon told 
us we were not far from the actual fighting. Here we remained as army 
reserve, ready at a moment's call to be placed in the fighting line. 

On September 27 we awoke to find the roads for miles lined with French 
truck trains, the busses driven by Chinese colonials, dirty little Chinks with 
black teeth. These busses, it was understood, were to carry the regiments of 
the division up to any point of the line at which we might be needed. That 
evening orders were received to stand by the trucks, and accordingly packs were 
made and each company marched to its proper station. Moments and hours 
passed and still we waited. Thus we spent the entire night ; yet no order to 
proceed to the front was received. 

The 28th of September we were made as comfortable as possible by moving 
back to our billets and bivouacs in the wood close by the trucks. The battle 
was progressing satisfactorily, and our line was steadily moving forward, and 
for the time being the services of the One Hundred and Fifteenth were not 
needed. At last, on the 29th, the trucks were ordered away, and the One 
Hundred and Fifteenth was ordered to proceed, by marching, beginning at 
dark that evening. All night during a blinding rainstorm and amid flashes of 
artillery the column doggedly and bravely forged on in soaked equipment, which 
added much to the already bending load. 

Mondrecourt was entered just after daylight, and there no facilities were 
offered for billeting, for the town had been practically destroyed by Hun shell- 
fire. Men slept in the little old church and laid down in the stables, barns and 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 

few dingy barracks at hand. Two hot meals were prepared and quickly 
devoured, and such rest as could be obtained under these trying conditions was 
gotten. At 6 P. M. we were off again, and waded and trudged through what 
seemed an eternal night until arriving at Nixeville at 3 A. M. October i. 

For two days we remained at Nixeville, still in reserve, giving the men a 
much-needed rest. The short breathing space did much for these tired, weary 
men, but for some it came too late, as many had to be removed to the hospital. 

Our casualties to date were: 



Killed and died 




Officers Men 
21 


Suicide 




2 


Intentional wounds 




3 


Severely wounded 
Slightly wounded 
Gassed 




32 

1 30 

45 


Psycho Neurosis 
Sick and injured, the i 
being cases of P 


najoritv 
•lu . 


7 
659 


Missing 




6 



805 



While resting at Nixeville, everything was done to put arms and equipment 
in best possible condition for immediate use. Officers were daily sent to make 
reconnaissances. The intelligence section sketched all crossings of the river 
Meuse from Commercy to Samogneux. The colonel with his field and stafi 
officers proceeded to the front line along the Meuse and studied the ground over 
which the regiment might have to attack. Roads and trails through the Bois 
de Hess were mapped for future use. Many aerial battles were witnessed 
while here, and much pleasure derived from seeing two Boche planes brought 
down by Americans. On the afternoon of October 3 the Twenty-ninth Division 
was transferred from the Fifth American Corps to the Seventeenth French 
Corps. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE- Com. 



Headquarters 115th Infantry, 

American E. F. , 

3 Oct. , '18. 

No. 4 TO C. 0. 

SECRET MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION. 

The 29th Division is detached to the 17th 
French Corps, General Claudel commanding, with 
his P. C. at REGRET (village just west of 
VERDUN) . 

This will be a surprise advance on the 
east of the MEUSE RIVER. The movement of troops 
and their locations after movements will be 
kept secret, movements taking place at night 
and personnel and trains being kept concealed 
during the day. 

The VERDUN SECTOR is under hostile obser- 
vation. 

The present line runs east and west 
through SAMOGNEUX. 

The division of the sector to be occupied 
by our troops and that of the French will be by 
a line drawn due north from SAMOGNEUX. 

The Division Sector (in fan shape) will 
have as its boundary on the west the Meuse 
River and on the east a line drawn due north 
through SAMOGNEUX. 

This Division will go into the line by 
one battalion at a time, being fed in as the fan 
shape enlarges to the north in our advance. 

The 3rd Corps (American) is on the left 
of the MEUSE RIVER with the 80th Division next 
to the MEUSE RIVER. The 18th French Division, 
General Audleur commanding, with his P. C. at 
MARQUERITE BARRACKS, Verdun, is on the right. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



The 79th Division will move to our right 
and rear tonight and become reserve to the 2nd 
French Colonial Corps. 

The present scheme contemplates the 
movement of some troops up to the BOIS DE BOURRUS 
from the 115th Infantry (1st Battalion) and 
one battalion of the 116th Infantry (3rd Bat- 
talion) reinforced by the regimental Machine 
Gun Company from each regiment. 

Brigade and Regimental P. C.'s will not 
be changed until later. 

Reconnaissance will be made, — 

(1) Of the BOIS DE BOURRES for billets 

and to take in the general 
situation 

(2) Of the Bridges over the MEUSE 

RIVER from VERDUN north to the 
vicinity of SAMOGNEUX. Note 
will be taken, — 

(a) Character of the bridge. 

(b) Direction of traffic 

thereon. 

(c) The exact location on 

the map. 

(3) Inspection of the enemy lines in 

in the country of our probable 
advance. 

The general situation can be best recon- 
noitered from the high ridge north and east of 
CUMIERES, where the sector can be seen for 
miles. SAMOGNEUX on the east of the MEUSE 
RIVER is also a good place. 

The road VERDUN-CHARNY-CUMIERES is open 
for our line of supplies and in good condition. 



MEUSE.ARGONKIE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



The road from CUMIERES north to REGNEVILLE 
is in bad shape, and will require repairing by 
this Division. The canal will probably be 
available for getting up supplies. 

The Engineers will probably throw across 
new bridges as the occasion requires. 



By order of Colonel Reckord, — 

Wm. P. Lane, Jr. , 
Captain, 115th Infantry, 
Adjutant. 



G-3 
SECRET HEADQUARTERS 29TH DIVISION. 

AMERICAN E. F. 
Message #3. 3 October 18. 15.45 o'clock. 

Commanding General, 58th Inf. Brigade. 

1. Orders just received from 17th Corps direct 
that the following movements be made 
tonight ,— 

Headquarters, 58th Brigade, to From- 
ersville. 

115th Inf., to Bois Bourrus, where it 
will occupy the available space in the 
abris Lorraine abris du Compresseur, the 
abris Longbut and the bivouacs in the 
vicinity of those places. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



One Battalion 116th Inf., to the Abris 
du Bois Ghana (one-half kilometer north- 
west of Ft. du Ghana, which is 2 kilo- 
meters northwest of Fromersville) . 

2. Movement begins at 18.00 o'clock. 

3. Units will clear the Blercourt-Verdun road 

by 21 o'clock. 

4. The following roads are available, — 

Souhesmes-Nixeville-Ferme-Frena- 
Fromersville. There are also available 
the dirt roads between that road and the 
Bois des Sartells. 

5. Strict road discipline is enjoined. 

S. A. Gloman, 
Colonel, Infantry, 

Ghief of Staff. 

Gopy furnished to G. 0, 115th Inf. 

Gopy furnished direct to G. 0. 116th Inf. 



MEUSE-ARGONKIE OFFENSIVE— Com. 

The long column again took up the march, clearing the Verdun pike, which 
was the main artery supplying ammunition and rations to the front, by 21 
o'clock (9 P. M.). A short march brought us to our destination, which was the 
Bois de Bourrus. Here regimental headquarters were established at Germon- 
ville, and the regiment was tucked away out of sight in three large dugouts- 
Lorraine, Compresseur and Longbut. 

West of the Meuse River the First American Army had made glorious 
advances against the most brilliant and stubborn rear guard action in the his- 
tory of wars, and the doughboys were pushing on— slowly by this time, but still 
pushing. East of the river and north of Verdun the Huns had not given any 
ground, and, in fact, among the high wooded hills they had massed considerable 
infantry and much artillery, in anticipation of an attack against that point. 

As the Americans on the west bank of the river advanced they uncovered 
their right flank and received a heavy enfilading fire from the Hun artillery 
placed east of the river. If the advance was to continue, this deadly fire from 
the Hun guns must be silenced; and so it was decided nothing less than the 
assault and capture of the positions east of the river would accomplish the 
desired results. 

Realizing the importance of the operation, it was entrusted to General 
Claudel of the Seventeenth French Corps, with his post command at Regret (vil- 
lage just east of Verdun). The mission of the division of which the One Hundred 
and Fifteenth United States Infantry now found itself a part was to "take the 
heights of Haumont Wood, of Ormont Wood and of Consenvoye Wood." 
The troops composing the division were to be disposed like a division, with two 
brigades having its four regiments joined ; right brigade, Seventy-seventh French, 
reinforced by the Sixty-seventh Senegalese, and Sixty-sixth French, reinforced 
by the Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Senegalese; left brigade, Fifty-eighth 
American Infantry Brigade, composed of the One Hundred and Fifteenth and 
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantries and One Hundred and Twelfth Machine 
Gun Battalion. 

On October 5, 1918, orders were received giving the regiment all pre- 
liminary instruction regarding the attack. Officers were assembled at regi- 
mental and battalion headquarters; maps studied and plans discussed, and on 
on October 7 the following order for the attack was issued: 



MEUSEARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



FIELD ORDER Headquarters 115th Infantry. 
No. 9. American E. F. 

Oct. 18. 

MAPS, — VERDUN 1,-20000 

MONTFAUCON 1,-50000 

1. The enemy is holding the general line 

HAUMONT-BRABANT . 

Our forces have been successful in 
forcing the enemy north along the west 
bank of the MEUSE. The 18th French Divi- 
sion (58th Brigade U. S. Inf. attached) 
has for its mission the taking of the 
heights HAUMONT WOOD, ORMONT WOOD and 
CONSENVOYE WOOD. 

2. The 115th Infantry will attack on "D" day 

at "H" hour on the front extending from 
point 24.9 — 77 in a northwesterly direc- 
tion and taking possession of the heights 
of BO IS de CONSENVOYE. 

3. PHASES OF THE ATTACK. 

The attack has two objectives (See Map 
No. 1). 

(a) Intermediate Objective, — during 
which the First Battalion will occupy 
the front line position with Second 
Battalion in support and Third Battalion 
in Reserve. 

(b) Normal Objective, — during which 
Second Battalion will occupy the front 
line position. Third Battalion in support 
and First Battalion in Reserve. 

After normal objective has been gained 
the Third Battalion will conduct battle 
reconnaissance while Second Battalion 
consolidates the line of Normal Objective 
with First Battalion in Reserve. 



MEUSE-ARGONME OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



INITIAL DISPOSITION FOR ATTACK. 

First Battalion in first line. 

Second Battalion in second line at 500 
meters distance. 

Third Battalion in third line at 1000 
meters distance. 

EXECUTION OF THE ATTACK. 

The attack on the Intermediate Object- 
ive will be made by the First Battalion, 
which will then halt, consolidate and 
mop up the position. 

The Second Battalion will then pass 
through the First Battalion and carry 
out the attack on the Normal Objective, 
where it will halt and consolidate the 
position for defense. 

The Third Battalion will then pass 
through the Second Battalion and exploit 
the success already gained; by sending 
strong reconnoitering parties to Ex- 
ploiting Objectives and groups to main- 
tain contact with the enemy. 



4. LIAISON. 



A liaison detachment commanded by a 
Lieutenant and composed of one-half com- 
pany, furnished by Third Battalion, will 
be placed on "D" day at "H" hour 1 minute 
at point 24.8 — 76.7, where it will con- 
solidate with a similar detachment of 
116th Infantry and maintain combat 
liaison between 115th Infantry and 116th 
Infantry until normal objective is 
reached. 

A liaison detachment of one-half com- 
pany furnished by Third Battalion will 
be placed at point 24 — 77, and will main- 
tain combat liaison between the right 
regiment of 33rd Division and 115th 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE- Co 



Infantry until normal objective is 
reached. 

5. ARTILLERY. 

1. Regiment F. A. 

2. Bn. H. F. A. 

3. Groups of U. S. 155. 

The action is regulated by a special 
plan. 

6. EQUIPMENT. 

Storming equipment, 2 days' reserve 
ration and 220 rounds ammunition per man, 

7. EVACUATION. 

As per administrative plan. 

8. TRAINS. 

Combat trains to BRAS and await orders. 
Field trains to BRAS. 

9. P. C. 58th Infantry Brigade — COTE de TALOU. 
115th Infantry point 22.9 — 74.8. 

After taking normal objective, — 

P. C. 58th Infantry Brigade, — COTE de 

ROCHES. 
I15th Infantry,— MARLBROUCK. 

RECKORD 
COMMANDING. 
Distribution, — 

C. G. 58th Inf. Brigade. 

C. 0. 1st Bn. 

C. 0. 2nd Bn. 

C. 0. 3rd Bn. 

Surgeon. 

C. 0. Hq. Co. 

C. 0. Supply Co. 

Operations Officer. 

Liaison Officer. 

Munitions Officer. 

Record. 

File. 




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MEUSE-ARGOMNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 

At last the hour for which we had waited had arrived ; the regiment was 
to be placed in the front line, and for its objective was to have the high, wooded 
hills on the east of the river Meuse — hills which for four long years had 
remained in German hands and along the top of which could be seen the Hun 
trenches, protected by many wire entanglements. 

Supper had just been completed when Colonel Reckord gave the word to 
put the battalions in motion. The first battalion, with Company A, One Hun- 
dred and Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, under Major Barrett, and the second 
Battalion, with the One Hundred and Fifteenth Machine Gun Company, under 
Major Hancock, proceeded to Charny, where, under cover of darkness, they 
crossed the Meuse River and moved north of Samogneux and into position 
ready for the attack. The third battalion, with Company B, One Hundred and 
Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, under Captain Woodcock, moved via Cum- 
mieres along the road just east of le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill) to 
Regneville, at which point it prepared to cross the river on a pontoon bridge 
built by French engineers during the night. 

The first battalion reached its position about 3.30 o'clock on the morning 
of October 8, and with Companies A and B in the assault positions, supported 
by Companies C and D, took up the formation for attack. Upon being placed 
in position, the men, with nothing further to do until zero hour, lay down to 
snatch what rest they could. 

The second battalion followed the first into position along the canal and 
also waited for the final hour. 

The third battalion, having reached Regneville rested and awaited the 
completion of the pontoon bridge which would enable them to cross the river. 

With each battalion was a machine gun company, and with the first bat- 
talion in addition there were the 37 m. m. guns and trench mortars. The 
medical detachment and band were also distributed between the several bat- 
talions and regimental headquarters. The platoon from the Outpost Company of 
the Field Signal Battalion, together with our own Signal Platoon, was disposed 
so that proper communication could be maintained between the different ele- 
ments at all times. And now all waited for the hands of the watches to reach 
the appointed hour. 

As this was to be a surprise attack, there was no preparatory fire, but at 
zero hour, 5 o'clock, the rolling barrage began and the order to advance was 
given. The barrage was laid about 100 meters in front of the infantry and. 



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MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 

moving forward at the rate of loo meters in six minutes, was closely followed 
by the infantry. Steadily the barrage approached the main German line run- 
ning along the crest of Malbrouck Hill. Here it rested for fifteen minutes, 
after which it was quickly lifted, and Companies A and B rushed forward and 
captured the position, killing a few and capturing many Huns. To Compam' B 
belongs the honor of taking the first prisoners. The position was immediately 
consolidated by the first battalion. All trenches were thoroughly mopped up 
and machine guns and automatic rifles allocated for defense. 

At 9 A. M. the second battalion, according to schedule, leaped over the 
first battalion and, follo\ving the barrage according to prearranged plan, 
attacked the normal objective. Companies E and H were in the assault posi- 
tions, supported b}' Companies F and G. The ground for about one kilometer 
north of the intermediate objective, which had been captured by the first bat- 
talion, was open and rolling, beyond which the southern edge of Bois de Con- 
senvoye could be seen. This position was strongly held by the enemy with 
machine guns, but the battalion moved steadily forward. Companies E and H 
were soon lost to view in the Bois de Consevoye. Here the fighting became very 
severe, but the Hun resistance was broken and many prisoners and machine guns 
were captured. Company E, on the right, moving steadily, captured several 
ammunition dumps, one engineer dump, a trainway, and finally reached a group 
of buildings on the normal objective; Company H, on the left, after overcoming 
a number of machine-gun nests, reached the normal objective about 16.30 
o'clock (4.30 P. M.). 

It was in this attack that Lieutenant Patrick Regan and Automatic Rifle- 
man Henry G. Costin won their Congressional Medals for one of the bravest 
deeds of the whole engagement. Realizing that it would be suicide for the 
company to advance before the machine guns in their front had been silenced. 
Lieutenant Regan called for volunteers to go forward to capture them. Nearly 
every man in his platoon volunteered. He picked an automatic rifle team and 
started forward to what looked like sure death. All were killed but Regan 
when they reached the gunners, but, nothing daunted, he dashed into the middle 
of them, demanding their surrender. To his surprise, they shouted "Kamerad!" 
and immediately gave up. On looking at his pistol later Regan found that it 
was not even loaded. After this Company H, under able leadership, had com- 
paratively little difficulty in keeping up with its sister company in the assault. 

All this time Company F, in support, was nobly doing its dutv in protecting 
Company E's right flank, exposed by the inability of the One Hundred and 




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MEU5E-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 

Sixteenth Infantry to keep up. It seems that they were constantly meeting 
with resistance, due to the great strength of the enemy positions, which were 
just a little more than they could handle. But Company F bravely threw them- 
selves into the breach, stopping the turning of the right flank of the regiment. 
Enemy fire from the sector of the One Hundred and Sixteenth could easily 
enfilade the right flank of Company E and destroy it. Lieutenant Fred W. 
Ecker, with the first platoon, and Sergeant John A. Johnson, with the second, 
crossed the road into the One Hundred and Sixteenth sector and saved the day — 
a brave feat, which cost them the lives of some of their bravest men. Farmer 
and Zakoski, among others, made the supreme sacrifice, while fully a dozen 
others were seriously wounded. That Company F had not been idle was amply 
demonstrated by the fact that on this day they took 170 prisoners, 20 machine 
guns, 5 Lewis automatic rifles and large stores of ammunition. 

The second battalion, after this day's brave work, had reached their normal 
objective and could have easily passed it, but there was constantly before them 
that danger of the exposed right, so at nightfall they were obliged to withdraw 
about 300 meters on the right flank and dig in. 

The third battalion, receiving no information as to the progress of the 
second battalion, pressed forward and reached the normal objective on the left 
of the regimental sector. Here they were ordered to dig in. Regimental post 
command had, during the early afternoon, crossed the Meuse and been established 
at Cote des Roches. All along the front line combat groups were placed and dug 
in for the night. Altogether, the day had been a most successful one; the 
advance had covered about 45^2 kilometers, about 1,500 prisoners had been cap- 
tured and much material. 

The morning of the 9th broke damp and foggy. No advance was ordered 
for the day. The Huns, however, from their position in the wood, attempted 
to turn our right flank, which was still exposed, and for some time gave us 
considerable trouble. Company F was disposed to meet this attack, and in addi- 
tion the regimental commander sent Companies A and C to assist the second 
battalion. The attack was repulsed and the enemy withdrew. 

Throughout the day the signal platoon exerted every effort to connect by 
telephone all battalion post commands with regimental post command. It was 
a difficult task at best, and, with high-explosive' shells falling everywhere, not 
only endangered the men, but continually interrupted communication. Here 
also the chaplains and the band gave a good account of themselves, carrying in 
and administering to the wounded and burving, with solemn service, the dead. 




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ENGINEERS REPAIRING ROAD 



MEUSE-ARG DNNE-OFFENSIVE— Com. 

The 2,7 ni- m. and Stokes mortar platoons were so placed as to render the 
greatest assistance to the front-line icompanies, but the advance had been so 
rapid that ammunition for these guns was hard to keep in supply. The Supply 
Company, now stationed at Bras, sent forward the rolling kitchens, under cover 
of darkness, and these were placed in the southern part of Bois de Consenvoye. 
Regimental headquarters moved to Malbrouck Hill. 

Late in the afternoon a flotilla of 138 allied planes passed over our lines, 
flying in the direction of the enemy. It was a gratifying and inspiring sight, 
but, to our great disappointment, we saw little of them throughout the remainder 
of the time we were in the line. 

The advance was ordered resumed on the morning of the loth and, 
accordingly, the third battalion was ordered to move forward on the left and 
capture Richine Hill, while the first battalion took up the advance on the right. 
The second battalion, being held as a support, the first gained about 1000 meters 
with little difficulty. The third, however, was met with heavy machine-gun fire 
from Richine Hill, and was stopped until Captain Woodcock called upon the 
regimental commander for assistance, which was immediately given in the shape 
of an artillery concentration fire of fifteen minutes' duration. This fire was 
exceedingly intense and absolutely accurate. Upon its completion the battalion 
went forward, capturing the hill and the trainway about one kilometer beyond. 

The right of the division having experienced much harder going, it was 
necessary for us to hold what we had gained and wait until thej' came up ; and 
so, for the next few days, our time was devoted to preparing our position for 
defense, to bringing up supplies and ammunition and doing the little possible 
to make the men comfortable and to protect them from shellfire. 

The Supply Company was ordered to Brabant and the ammunition dump 
also located there. Here the division supply trains delivered rations and ammu- 
nition, and from this dump they were taken forward under cover of darkness 
to the companies. The pioneer platoon now found plenty of work to do, hauling 
ammunition, repairing trainway track and building several dumps throughout 
the woods. 

Regimental headquarters attempted to work out a system of relief for 
front-line troops that would give each battalion forty-eight hours in assault 
position, with ninety-six hours in support and reserve, but an order from higher 
authority sending the second battalion to assist the One Hundred and Sixteenth 
Infantry soon broke up this plan. 

The following order for another general advance was issued on October 14: 



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RICHINE HILL. SHOWING MACHINE-GUN NESTS IN TREES CAPTURED BY 3rd BATTALION 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



SECRET P. C. 115th Inf. 

14 Oct. 18. 
Field Orders 10.30 o'clock. 

No. 12. 

Maps, — VERDUN B 1/20 000. 

BRANDEVILLE 1/20 000. 

1. The British are still advancing and are 

east of LE GATEAU. The French between 
RHEIMS and the ARGONNE have advanced 11 K. 
on a 49 K. front. The 1st American Army 
is again advancing east of the MEUSE. 

2. This regiment as a part of the division 

attacks on its present front on D day at H 
hour, in conjunction with the 33rd Divi- 
sion on the left and the 116th Infantry on 
the right, with the object of taking the 
heights of the GRANDE MONTAGNE. 

3. ZONES OF ACTION, OBJECTIVE AND PARALLEL OF 

DEPARTURE. 

115th Infantry, between parallels 24 
and 25. 

OBJECTIVE, — 

The 1st objective of exploitation which 
is the general line, — 24.0 — 82.8, — 
25.0 — 83.1. 

On reaching this objective the troops 
will entrench and prepare to hold it 
against counter-attack. 

PARALLEL OF DEPARTURE. 

116th Infantry — present line. 

115th Infantry — prolongation of line 
of 116th Infantry to the west, so that no 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



part of the front line is nearer the road 
crossing at 24.9 — 82.2 than 500 meters. 

The left element of this line on the 24th 
meridian must not be north of the 82nd 
parallel. 

4. 1. The regiment will attack with the 
Il6th Infantry side by side, with the 3rd 
Battalion in the first line ; the 1st 
Battalion in support ; and the 2nd Bat- 
talion in reserve; rate of advance, 100 
meters in six minutes. 

2. Machine Gun Companies will remain 
as now assigned. 

3. The Stokes Mortar and 1-pounder 
platoon will report to the assaulting 
battalion and remain in the assault line 
throughout the advance. 

The advance from the jump-off to the 
strong positions along the road north of 
MOLLEVILLE FARM is to be made with the 
greatest speed and boldness. 

5. THEORY OF ATTACK. 

1. The 3rd Battalion will advance 
directly north along zone of advance, 
taking care always to insure co-ordina- 
tion with front lines on right and left. 

2. The 1st Battalion will be in sup- 
port, and during the initial jump-off 
will assure the permanency of liaison 
between our assaulting battalion and the 
assaulting battalion of the 116th 
Infantry until the line of the 116th 
Infantry has passed north over MOLLEVILLE 
FME. This battalion will follow the 
assaulting battalion and establish sup- 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



port line along east and west railroad 
that crosses X — line 82. 

3. The 2nd Battalion will remain in 
its present position in reserve and will 
be held in readiness to relieve the 3rd 
Battalion in the front line when ordered. 

6. LIAISON. 

1. The commanding officer 1st Bat- 
talion will detail one-half company of 
infantry and 1 section of machine gun as 
combat liaison between our assaulting 
battalion and the assault line of the 33rd 
Division on our left. 

2. The commanding officer 1st Bat- 
talion will detail 1 platoon as combat 
liaison between our assaulting battalion 
and the assaulting battalion of the 116th 
Infantry on our right. 

3. The commanders of combat liaison 
groups will report to the commanding 
officers of adjoining units when in 
position. 

7. (a) The artillery will support the 
advance of the infantry and by close 
liaison with it, will insure the prompt 
concentration of its fire on such strong 
points as may impede the progress of the 
assaulting battalions. 

(b) The artillery preparation begins 
at H hour minus thirty minutes. 

(c) This regiment will be assigned 
one battery of 75' s. 

8. MISCELLANEOUS. 

1. Canteens will be filled this date 
and kept filled. 



MEUSEARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



2. Since reserve rations are not 
available, cooked rations for two days 
will be carried by personnel. 

3. Personnel will carry 220 rounds of 
ammunition per man. 

9. Regimental P. C. will remain at present 
location until assault line has been 
passed north of X — line 82, when it will 
move to P. C. 1st Battalion where 
mechanical liaison is now installed. 

RECKORD 

Colonej.6 
Copies to, — 

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In obedience to this order, the regiment attacked on the morning of October 
IS and gained about 500 meters, while the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infanti-y 
carried their line across Molleville Farm clearing and gained a foothold in the 
Bois de Grande Montague. 

Regimental post command was now moved from Malbrouck Hill to the 
"Dutch Village." 

It was on this date Major Hancock was evacuated to the hospital, and 
command of the second battalion fell to Captain Thos. G. McNicholas. Another 
advance was ordered for October 16, and, with the third battalion in the front 
line in our own sector, the second battalion in the front line in the sector of 
the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry and the first battalion in support, we 
pushed the line forward about 800 meters into Bois de Piatt Cheve and Bois de 
Grande Montague. That morning Major Barrett was evacuated, and Captain 
Munshower took command of the first battalion. 

The following days were spent in holding the line, strengthening our posi- 
tions and preparing for another advance. On the 17th the second battalion was 
relieved of duty with the One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry and returned 
and took position as regimental reserve. Again the One Hundred and Fifteenth 
had its complete outfit in its own sector, for which regimental headquarters 
expressed much satisfaction. But practically the entire regiment had been 
fighting steadily for 48 hours, and so there were no fresh troops with which to 
relieve the tired ones. For this reason the third battalion was continued in 
the forward position until the morning of the 17th, when being relieved by the 
first battalion, the third passed into support. 

No further advance was ordered, and so the time was devoted to improving 
as well as possible the defensive line. On the 19th the third battalion relieved 
the first battalion, companies interchanging position during the late afternoon, 
and the relief thus effected before dark was accomplished without loss, because of 
the dense wood, which afforded excellent cover from overhead observation. 
During the aftei^noon of the 20th the second battalion relieved the third. This 
placed the second in assault, the first in support and the third in reserve. In 
these positions they remained for the following fort\'-eight hours. Losses had 
been severe, and many companies were badly depleted. October 21 orders 
were issued by regimental headquarters for the One Hundred and Fifteenth to 
act as a covering detachment to the north and east, protecting the left flank of 
the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-ninth Divisions in an attack on Etraye Ridge. 




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MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



P. C. 115th Infantry. 
FIELD ORDERS 21 October 1918. 

No. 15. 13.00 o'clock. 

Maps, — VERDUN B 1/20,000. 

SPECIAL 17th AC. 1/10,000. 
SPECIAL 29th Div. 1/10,000. 

1. In conjunction with the 26th Division to 

the right, the 29th Division will attack 
on D day at H hour, with the purpose of 
taking the ridge of the BOIS d'ETRAYE. 

The attack will be directed in an east- 
erly direction. 

2. This regiment with two battalions in the 

line will form a covering party to the 
northwest and left of the attacking 
units. 

3. ZONE OF ACTION AND OBJECTIVES, — (See map) . 

Limit on left, — remains unchanged. 
Limit on right, — (between 115th and 
116th Infs.). 

Line point 25.7 — 82.5 to point where 
Ravine leading toward ETRAYE crosses 
meridian 26. 

4. GENERAL PLAN OF ACTION. 

1. The left flank of the Division 
attack will be protected by a covering 
attack to the northeast by this regiment. 

2. The attack of adjoining units will 
halt for approximately one hour on the 
intermediate objective for the purpose 
of reorganization and co-ordination with 
artillery. Advance from intermediate 
objective being made at H plus 3 hours, 
10 minutes. 



MEUSE-ARGOMNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 



5. MISSION. 



1. The 2nd Battalion occupying C. R. 
RICHINE will remain in its position, 
except that the right flank will move 
forward in order to connect with the 1st 
Battalion on the right. (See map.) 

2. The 1st Battalion will attack in a 
northeasterly direction, attaining the 
covering line. (See map.) 

The Battalion of the 116th Infantry now 
holding C. R. MOLLEVILLE FARM will be 
relieved by the 1st Battalion, 115th 
Infantry, by executing a passage of 
lines. 



6. PARALLEL OF DEPARTURE. 

1. 115th Infantry, — The general line 
25.4 — 82.5; 25.0 — 83.1. 

Units in front of the line 25.0 — 83.1; 
25.4 — 82.5, MOLLEVILLE FARM will be with- 
drawn to that line, on D day, at H hour 
minus 2 hours to allow artillery prepa- 
ration on the hostile first line. 

2. The covering battalion will con- 
form, in its advance to the covering line, 
to the rate of advance of units on the 
right — 100 meters in 10 minutes. 

3. The Stokes mortar and 37 m. m. 
platoons are assigned to the 1st Bat- 
talion. 

4. On reaching the covering line, the 
front will be immediately organized and 
entrenched. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



7. LIAISON. 

The Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 
will detail ^2 one-half company as combat 
liaison on right flank with 116th 
Infantry. 

The combat liaison with the organiza- 
tion on our left flank will remain un- 
changed. 

8. The 110th M. G. Bn. will execute fire of 

position from H minus 45 minutes to H hour 
on the hostile front line, from the edge of 
the woods south of MOLLEVILLE FARM. 

9. ARTILLERY. ( See Artillery Plan. ) 

1. Barrage plans will conform to the 
above infantry time table. 

2. One battery of 75' s will be as- 
signed to this regiment. 

3. Artillery preparation will start 
at H minus 45 minutes. 

10. AERONAUTICS. 

The infantry plane will mark the infan- 
try line at H plus 45 minutes ; H plus 2 
hours ; H plus 3 hours ; H plus 4 hours, 15 
minutes ; and H plus 6 hours. 

11. Regimental P. C. remains unchanged. 

Reckord 

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Accordingly, the troops remained in place and the officers studied the maps 
relating to their part of the terrain and awaited the announcement of "D" day 
and "H" hour. 

Major Finley returned to the regiment on October 22 and was assigned to 
command the first battalion. That afternoon "D" day was announced as the 
23d and "H" hour 6.15 oclock. During the night of October 22-23 the first 
battalion moved from its position in support to the assault position in the Bois 
de Grande Montague, with its left in touch with our second battalion, occupying 
assault position in our original sector, and its right adjoining the One Hundred 
and Sixteenth Infantry. Stokes mortar and 37 m. m. guns were with the first 
battalion. One Machine Gun Company was with each battalion, and in addition, 
the artillery and the One Hundred and Tenth Machine Gun Company were to 
fire an overhead barrage. 

Conforming to the plan, on the morning of the 23d, at H-45, the artillery 
and machine guns opened fire, and for forty-five minutes delivered a terrific 
fire along the entire front. At zero hour the troops moved forward, following 
the barrage. The second battalion advanced its right a few hundred meters 
without trouble and dug in. The first battalion, in conjunction with the second, 
advanced its left, but on the right stubborn resistance was encountered. The 
line was established and dug in, but during the night was found to be unsatis- 
factory, and the following morning, October 24, the right was pushed forward 
to the objective and consolidated. 

During the afternoon of October 24 that part of the second battalion which 
was east of meridian 25.5 was relieved by the first battalion. The night of 
October 24-25 saw the first battalion relieved by the One Hundred and Sixteenth 
Infantry, and the first went into regimental reserve in Bois de Consenvoye. 
During the day of October 25 the second battalion was relieved by the third. 
Our sector now extended from meridian 24 to 25. On October 27 orders were 
issued to the effect that the division would be relieved and move to a rear area. 
According to plan, our regiment again assumed control of both sectors, extend- 
ing from meridian 24 to 26, and on October 27 a regimental order was issued 
dividing and assigning same as follows : Center of resistance, "Richine," to 
second battalion; center of resistance, "Molleville," to third battalion; regimental 
reserve, first battalion. This disposition was immediately effected. 

On October 28 the following regimental order for the relief of the regiment 
bv the Three Hundred and Sixteenth Infantrv was issued : 




g^33o^/ 



FIRST AID STATION, CONSENVOYE WOODS 




WHERE MANY OF THE IISTH MEN RECEIVED FIRST AID 



MEUSE-ARGONME OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



P. C. 115th Infantry, 
American E. F. , 
SECRET 28 Oct. 18. 

FIELD ORDERS 
No. 17. 

MONTFAUCON) 1/50 , 000 . 
MAPS, — VERDUN — B ) 1/20, 000. 
SPECIAL ) 

1. The 29th Division will be relieved in the 

sector GRANDE MONTAGNE by the 158th In- 
fantry Brigade of the 79th Division. 
29th Division moves by marching to the 
vicinity of VERDUN, thence by bus to the 
VAVINCOURT billeting area. 

2. The sub-sector BLUE, now occupied by the 

regiment, is organized as follows: 

(1) Sub-sector BLUE, — On the left, 
the meridian 24.0. On the right, the 
line, — Point 26.5 — 83.5; ETRAYE-Ravine 
at Point 26.0 — 82.5; Point 25.2 — 81.7; 
thence south along MALBROUCK — Cote 338 
Road. 

(2) The Sub-sector BLUE is divided 
into the Centers of Resistance RICHINE 
AND MOLLEVILLE FARM. Division between 
Centers of Resistance ; Western edge of 
BOIS de la GRANDE MONTAGNE; Point 24.7 — 
81.8 on CONSENVOYE-RICHINE Road; thence 
south along meridian 24.7. 

3. (1) This regiment will hold the front 
assigned with two battalions and two 
machine gun companies in the front line 
and one battalion in support. 

(2) Upon relief the regiment passes 
into Divisional reserve. 



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(3) Companies A and B 112th M. G. Bn. , 
upon being relieved with the regiment 
will rejoin their battalion, reporting 
to the Commanding Officer thereof for 
orders. 

4. (1) Relief of this regiment by the 

316th Infantry will be completed on the 
night 28th-29th October, in accordance 
with the attached march and relief table. 

(2) Reconnaissances will be made by 
Regimental, Battalion and Company Com- 
manders of the 316th Infantry on 28th 
October 1918 and arrangements for the 
provision of guides for the 316th Infan- 
try will be made by the respective com- 
manders for corresponding units. 

(3) The command in each C. R. will pass 
on the completion of the relief in that 
C. R. on confirmation by next higher 
authority. Regimental Commander and 
Battalion Commanders of the regiment 
will remain with their successors until 
noon 29th October 1918. 

(4) The Regimental Operations Offi- 
cer, one officer from each battalion and 
one officer from the Machine Gun Company 
on the line will remain with the relieving 
units twenty-four hours in an advisory 
capacity. 

(5) Units attached to this regiment, 
in the absence of other instructions 
stand relieved with units to which at- 
tached and they will report at once to 
their respective commanding officers. 

(6) Lines of telephonic communica- 
tion will not be removed. 

5. The command of the sector will remain 
under the Commanding Officer 58th Infan- 
try Brigade until the command passes. 



MEUSE-ARGONKIE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 



6. (1) Troops marching north of VERDUN 
will maintain a distance of fifty meters 
between platoons and groups of eight 
vehicles ; and of one hundred meters be- 
tween battalions. 

(2) Billeting parties will proceed 
with Lieut. Colonel Mills to the new area 
at once. 

(3) All movements will be made be- 
tween the hours of 17 o'clock and 9 

' clock. 

(4) An exchange of ammunition dumps 
will be effected, taking receipts. 

7. Regimental P. C. will close at its present 

location at 12 o'clock 29th October 1913 
and open at the same hour and date at 
COTE des ROCHES. 



Record 

COMMANDING. 



Copies to, — 



C. 0. 58th Inf. Brig. 

C. 0. 1st Bn. 

C. 0. 2nd Bn. 

C. 0. 3d Bn. 

C. 0. Hq. Co. 

C. 0, Sup. Co. 

C. 0. M. G. Co. 

C. 0. Co. A, 112 M. G. Bn. 

C. 0. Co. B, 112 M. G. Bn. 

Surgeon. 

Ammunition Officer. 

C. 0. 316th Inf. 

C. 0. 116th Inf. 

C. 0. 2d Colonial R. I. (French; 

War Diary. 

File. 



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MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 

The long-expected relief had come and a sigh of thankfulness welled up 
from the hearts of us all as we filed down the road past the precious ground 
we had won to bivouac on the protecting slope of the Cote des Roches. The 
spirit of thankfulness seemed to predominate, but that sentiment was rivaled 
by the just pride we felt in the sense of duty done to the bitter end. No matter 
what share we had had in this World War, no matter how small our record 
might seem in comparison with other divisions, we could hold up our heads and 
proclaim to the whole world that we had never been assigned a mission that we 
had not accomplished. This seemed to be the outstanding glory of the One 
Hundred and Fifteenth. They were accustom.ed from their very formation 
back in Camp McClellan to do what they were told and to get what they were 
sent for. This spirit made them come out first in all drills and competitive 
maneuvers while training. In Alsace it sent them through their own barrage 
to the enemy's third-line trenches. Here, in this, the gi'eatest battle the American 
Army had ever fought, it took them over the Cote des Roches and Malbrouck 
Hill and the plain into the hitherto impregnable Consenvoye Woods. Nerved 
by it, they took Richine Hill and the Bois de la Grande Montagne. We felt that 
we had a regiment of which to be proud in every detail of its organization. We 
remembered that not only our doughboy fighters, "the bucks in the rear rank," 
but every part and parcel of that grand old regiment seemed to do things just 
a little bit better than any other organization (we mean it), and we felt, as we 
expressed it, that we had "some" regiment. .So far, limitations of space and 
order have forced us to keep up the thread of our narrative by following 
the movements of the immediate front line, but we cannot pass over without 
record the soldierly achievements of those who were not fortunate enough to be 
members of the letter companies. 

Our Headquarters Corripany, for instance, functioning in its various duties 
throughout the regiment, not only performed all that was expected of it, but 
time and again won for itself undying glory by the exceptional heroism of some 
of its members. Its one-pounder platoon and Stokes mortar platoon con- 
tributed in no small degree to giving Fritz more than he could stomach. Its 
band, engaged in the sacred duties of bringing in the wounded and the dead, 
was exposed to constant shellfire. Chief Plant was leader of a tjaiia worthy 
of his own heroic self. And as for the pioneer and signal platoons, we despair of 
being able to give them even a small part of the credit due them for constant 
devotion to duty under continuous heavy shelling. Our Machine Gun Com- 
pany, too, under Captain Jarman, together with the different companies of the 
One Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun Battalion, among whom were many 



MEUSE-ARGOKINE OFFENSIVE— Cont. 

men recruited from our regiment, did excellent work both on the defense and 
offense. Captain Hewitt and his "mule skinners" of the Supply Company 
rushed the rations and supplies to the front as if there was nothing at all to 
disturb the peace and quiet of their duties. His hardest task seemed to be to 
keep his men from leaving their teams to go up on the front lines. 

Our sanitary detachment, under the cool efficiency of Major Vanderhoff, 
seemed to be all over the line on their errand of mercy. Men like Rafalsky 
seemed to be fairly plentiful in this little unit, as the number of their D. S. C.'s 
amply prove. "Doc" Bratton, the irrepressible Dan, was not satisfied with 
winning the esteem of the entire regiment b)' an incredible amount of very 
efficient first-aid work ; his love of fun even in the face of death caused him to 
invent his "anti-gas tablets" (pure aspirin), which kept man)' an imaginary 
gas case from going to the rear. 

The mess sergeants, cooks and K. P. in each company kept hot food pre- 
pared at all times under most trying circumstances. For many days the rolling 
kitchens were subject to continuous shellfire, and it was but to be expected that 
some of these brave men would be called upon to give their all. The days 
without food and water, the nights in the mud and rain, the dangerous outpost 
duty in shell holes filled with water, the constant dodging of shells, the sight of 
the wounded, the dying and the dead will always stick vividly in our minds, 
but our tongues will never be able to make others feel these things as we feel 
them, because there is nothing else in human experience with which we can 
compare them. The doughboy called it "hell," and we will let it go at that. 

And so it was all through the entire regiment. It is only the fear of 
making this history look like an annotated roster of the regiment that prevents 
us from narrating them all. And this must serve as our apology for the 
omission of much that we would like to put in it. Every man of "Maryland's 
Own," from Colonel Reckord down to the much-abused old "buck in the rear 
rank," from the sentries of the front line straight on back to Harry Hagan's 
ammunition dump and the twenty-four-hours-a-day men of the statistical 
office, had done his full duty. Our total casualties during the operations were 

as follows : 

Killed in action : 

Officers 4 

Enlisted men 120 

Died of wounds — Enlisted men 7 

Severely wounded in action : 

Officers 2 

Enlisted men 223 



MEUSE-ARGOMNE OFFEMSIVE— Cont. 

Slightly wounded in action : 

Officers 12 

Enlisted men 297 

Gassed : 

Officers I 

Enlisted men 26 

Shell shocked : 

Officers c 

Enlisted men 26 

Missing in action — Enlisted men 15 

Accidental wounds — Enlisted men 2 

Sick and injured ; 

Officers A 

Enlisted men 221 



Total. 



1052 



In this drive the One Hundred and Fifteenth captured about 1800 prisoners 
and the following enemy material : 

One German 77-miIlimeter gun. 

One Austrian "88.'' 

One Austrian "105," 

One Austrian "150." 

Two Minenwerfer. 

Two Granatenwerfer. 

800 Austrian and German rifles. 

200 automatic pistols. 

One scissors telescope. 

One radio outfit with bicycle generator. 

Sixty heavy machine guns. 

Twenty Lewis machine guns. 

Two anti-tank rifles. 

Two engineer dumps completely stocked with engineering material. 

2600 rounds of light and heavy artillery ammunition. 

Countless rounds of machine-gun, rifle ammunition and grenades. 



MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— Com. 

No wonder, then, that our heads were held high with pride as we hiked 
back over the ground we had won. No wonder that they were reverently bowed 
in soldierly grief as we passed the spots where our heroes had fallen. On the 
one hand were the achievements of the One Hundred and Fifteenth; on the 
other, their cost. 

The morning of October 29 found the tired and weary regiment bivouaced 
behind the high hills along the Meuse River. Kitchens were fired up and hot 
meals furnished. Here the regimental commander found his outfit when he 
came out of the line the following day, having remained with the Three Hun- 
dred and Sixteenth for twenty-four hours. A tired and weary regiment it 
was, having spent twenty-one days continuously in fighting, but secure in the 
knowledge that it had gained every objective, and that it had played no small 
part toward the final defeat of the Hun. 




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TKe Armistice 



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CHAPTER 




EIGHT 





SCENES ON OUR WAY BACK FROM THE FRONT 



CKapter VIII. 




THE ARMISTICE 

IHEN darkness came on that night of October 29, although 
every man was worn to a frazzle, it was not hard to hike 
away from that ''hell on earth" to some place which promised 
quiet, food and unbroken sleep. After supper near the piles 
of stone that marked the ruined village of Samogneux, the 
remains of the 115th Infantry started for the barracks at the 
immortal city of Verdun, some 10 or 12 kilometers away. The column was 
scattered out thinly so that if a shell should hit on the road it would not get 
many of us. There were plenty of valuable "souvenirs" lying around ever}^- 
where. We would like to have some of them now, but then, all we cared to 
do was to get away with our lives. As we hurried along, there was a dread 
fear lest having spent three weeks in the midst of the worst and escaped 
untouched a stra}- shell might get us at the last minute. At one point a 
sentry told us to hurry around the bend in the road, as the Germans were 
dropping a good man}' shells at that particular place. Needless to say, we 
hurried. Private Stewart M. Emery of our own 29th Division has vividly 
described that hike in the following poem : 

THE DIVISION GOES BACK 

Slogging back from action in the night, 

Boys who've had their fingers in the fight ; 

Winding in the moonlight down the shattered village street 

Crunching oft the kilos on their numb and laden feet. 

Couldn't pass inspection as to dress, 

What they've been through anyone can guess — 

Saering gas and cruel wire and blazing blasting shell. 

Frozen, foodless, flare-mad nights and days of raw, red hell. 



THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

Shrapnel battered transport in the rear, 

Weary mule and weary muleteer ; 

Just another outfit that's been through the mill up there 

Rocking back lor roll-call and repair. 

Straggling in the column anyhow. 

Plodding blindly on to bunks and chow; 

Tired faces breaking in the same unbeaten grin, 

Other faces missing that were there when they went in. 

Here and there platoons of scarce a score, 

Squads of one and two — but that is war. 

Made a little history when they called them in the pinch. 

Chucked the cost and made it, battling inch by aching inch. 

Silentl}- they pass beneath the stars, 

Carr3'ing their honors and their scars. 

Growl and glare of gunfire growing fainter in the west 

Old division's going back to rest. 

Sometime before midnight we arrived in the dark, narrow streets of 
A'^erdun and were directed to a sleeping place for the night. These sleeping 
places were not feather beds or spring beds in beautiful hotels, but the bare 
wooden floors of the big brick barracks where for years before the war, the 
French Government had trained her soldiers. We put on our overcoats, 
gloves, pulled our overseas caps down over our ears and lay down to sleep. 
The next morning we were awakened by the stirring music of some military 
band. It was the first note of music any of us had heard for more than a 
month ; the first indication that possibly we would live again under normal, 
civilized conditions. We washed and shaved as we used to do back in camp. 
It took a long time to remove those stubborn whiskers since some of them 
had been undisturbed for three, six days — a week or more. Finally, our faces 
and hands were fairly clean and after a good breakfast, some of us went over 
to see Verdun, a city whose name we speak with a deep feeling of respect — 
yes, reverence. 

Before the war it was a beautiful city of 22,000 happy, prosperous French- 
men ; today not a single civilian could be found anywhere, not a dog nor even 
a stray cat; it was a city of ruin and desolation. Yet, it had played a mighty 



THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

part and a victorious part in the war. It was the Frenchman's greatest lort, 
trul}- the citadel of France. Around this sacred place some of the mightiest 
conflicts were waged. At the beginning of the war in 1914, the Germans 
found Verdun as solid and immovable as Gibraltar and they had to bend their 
line around her. In the summer of 1916 the Crown Prince was determined to 
take her at any cost and sent hundreds of thousands of his best troops against 
her again and again. The dogged, grim French under General Petain said: 
"On ne passe pas" — "They shall not pass." Hundreds of thousands of French- 
men gave their lives in her defense and she stood impregnable. Now she 
formed the background and support in the great American-'Meuse-Argonne 
Offensive. 

We roamed about among the ruins of this battered city. Not a building 
had escaped the destructive German shell. What had been beautiful suburban 
homes had great ugly holes torn in the sides or roof. The office buildings, 
stores, theater, cathedral — everything was more or less demolished. The great 
cathedral built on the highest point of the city, with its two towers reaching 
out toward heaven as if they were pleading for help, impressed one particu- 
larly with the ruthless ravages of war. It looked as though the devil himself 
had sent some special imp from hell to desecrate this beautiful, holy place. 
The entire roof had fallen in; great shell holes had been torn in the walls; 
every window had been smashed into a thousand pieces ; altars were wrecked 
and covered with debris ; priceless paintings were ripped and scared ; sacred 
images were broken and mutilated. The whole city was a wreck. And still 
the bitter, spiteful Hun, even at this time, was firing big shells a distance of 
12 or 15 miles into the city. One would land about ever}' ten minutes with 
a terrific crash. It seemed to us like the dying kick of some monstrous beast. 
The only place of safety and order was in the citadel deep down in the earth. 
Here thousands of soldiers were quartered, several military stores were oper- 
ated and a dining-room maintained on a strict, war-ration basis, for the bene- 
fit of stragglers who could get food nowhere else. We found a Y. M. C. A. 
canteen established in the corner of a building that had escaped total destruc- 
tion. The "Y" workers had many eager customers that day pleading for 
cakes, candy and cigarettes. We learned of a place where we wottld get a 
hot bath — a luxury greatly to be desired since no one had had his clothes off 
for about a month — but when that place was found only a hundred men could 
be accommodatecl and a thousand were waiting for a chance. 

We returned to our barracks for supper and found the regiment about 
ready to move on back. When darkness came on, these weary warriors 



THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

gathered together what equipment they had left and hit the pike back a few 
miles to a big woods beyond the range of Germany's heaviest guns. There 
for the first time in more than four weeks we went to sleep without the feel- 
ing that any second we might be blown into eternity. In spite of the fact 
that the wooden shacks were cold and the floors hard, we slept soundly all 
night. The next day was bright and clear and crisp. After breakfast we 
hiked down the road and found hundreds of big French trucks there waiting 
to carry the whole regiment far down the Verdun-Bar-le-Duc pike to our rest 
area. The men climbed into the trucks with glee and were soon rolling down 
the road to a change of clothes, a bath, a good bunk, and three square meals 
a day. 

We passed through Bar-le-Duc and went five miles or more beyond. Our 
first battalion with other organizations of the 29th Division was located in 
Robert-Espange. The second battalion, headciuarters company and regimen- 
tal headquarters were c^uartered in a little village called Beurey and the third 
battalion went on to a village a few miles beyond. By the time we had all 
found our bunks, it was time to go to sleep. This was the first night for about 
a month many of us had an opportunity to remove our clothing and sleep 
comfortably. The next day our cleaning-up process began. At Robert- 
Espange there was a permanent bathhouse near a little stream. It was crowd- 
ed with soldiers all day. They came in droves with clean clothing, soap and 
towels eager to find some hot water and a real bath. Oh, the luxury of a 
good bath! One does not fully appreciate it until he has lived in mud and 
vermin for a month or more and been denied it. Portable bathhouses on 
wheels were hauled into the little villages and the different companies were 
assigned their bathing hours. The bathhouses were kept going late into the 
night so the regiment could be bathed as soon as possible. The "de-cootie- 
izing," "de lousing" process began here also and was to continue until we 
were mustered out seven months later. It would not be surprising if many 
of the men just from force of habit did not examine their clothing with that 
strange look of suspicion long after they were home. 

After a few nights of good sleep, plenty of nourishing food and clean 
clothing, we began to feel more normal. The band — what was leftofit — began 
to play again and "Y" entertainers came out from Bar-le-Duc several nights 
a week to try to make us laugh again, which they succeeded in doing. About 
a thousand men were sent to our regiment to take the places of those we lost 
in the big scrape. Thus the old regiment, a veteran regiment now, tattered, 
depleted and exhausted as it came from the terrible ordeal of the Meuse- 



THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

Argonnc offensive, was fed up, rested up, patched up, equipped, and in ten 
days' time was ready ior another descend into hell. 

From numerous rumors that reached ns, it was evident tliat Germany was 
weakening and all but crushed. A report came saying that the Germans had 
sent officers across the line to ask for an armistice. We were all delighted 
and hoped the end might really come before we were called into another kill- 
ing drive. Word came that the old Kaiser had abdicated. It seemed too good 
to be true and yet all these reports sent our hopes high. On the night of 
November 10, however, all hopes were dashed to the ground ; we received an 
order stating that the 29th Division had been transferred from the First to 
the Second American Army and should proceed by marching via certain vil- 
lages to the left of Metz, the best of all Germany's fortified cities. It was 
an order sending us into another drive, probably worse than the Meuse- 
Argonne. To many of us it sounded like a death sentence ; and it was, for 
had it been carried out, we would have lost another third of our regiment, 
but in the army orders must be followed even though they mean death. So, 
on the morning of November 11, we rolled our packs, said good-bye to the 
few French friends we had made and with heavy hearts turned grim faces 
toward Metz, determined to battle on to decisive victor}'. 

Just before we began our march into another big offensive, we received 
an official order from Division Headquarters stating that the armistice had 
been signed, that all hostilities would cease at 11 o'clock that day, and that 
our regiment should remain comfortably in its billets rather than go into hell 
again. You can imagine — no, you can't imagine, it is impossible for anyone 
to imagine who did not experience it — the sense of relief and pure joy that 
came in our hearts. Although we had been expecting an armistice to be 
signed for some time, the full significance of it dawned upon us only gradually. 
At first we took it quietly. The feeling of gratitude was too deep for noisy 
expression. Instead of running out in the street, yelling, and turning a hand 
spring, we felt like stealing away into some lonely spot and crying for sheer 
joy. We were happy, so happy that the hellish enemy of justice and brother- 
hood had fallen into the dust of defeat and that it was not longer necessary 
to kill and be killed, that we quietly looked at each other, whispered a "Thank 
God" and wondered if it could really be true. 

As the day wore on and everj'body confirmed the report that the armis- 
tice had actually been signed by proper authorities that morning at 5.40, the 
first deep, quiet feeling of joy gave place to enthusiasm and hilarity. French- 
men came down the street waving newspapers and saying: "La guerre finit; 



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THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

la guerre finit." "Yes, the war was over." Victory was ours. Injustice, cruel 
oppression, disregard for international law were defeated. Righteousness was 
on the throne of the world again. At retreat that evening as the regiment 
stood at attention drawn up on the long, narrow village street, while the'"Star- 
Spangled Banner" was being played by the band, the American flag was fired 
in the form of a flare high into the air. Then while the band played the 
French '"Marseillaise," we stood at attention again and the French flag was 
shot up in the air alongside "Old Glory." It was a thrilling sight to see those 
two flags of sister republics, emblems of justice, eciualit}^ and fraternit3% float- 
ing side by side in triumph over this little village — yes, in triumph over the 
world. 

While the Colonel and his staft" were eating supper that evening, the 
band came up without orders — the first time in its history — and played 
enthusiastically in honor of the day. After an orderly concert for half an 
hour, the members of the band exchanged instruments, each taking one he 
did not know how to play, and blew their heads off just making a noise. They, 
led a big regimental snake dance that surged up and down the dark, muddy, 
narrow street of Beurey. A little later we lined the road along a field where 
the fireworks were to be displayed. Lieutenant Hagan announced he was 
going to blow up his whole ammunition dump. We knew he had a good sup- 
ply of fancy flares on hand and preferred to stand off and watch them fired 
in fun, rather than to lie on our stomachs some dark night in a dreadful battle 
and see them fired as serious signals. We had all kinds of flares ; one star, 
two star, five star, flares of white and green and red. They were supposed 
to be used in battle to call for an artillery or machine-gun barrage or a gas 
attack, but that night, November 11, 1918, we used them recklessly and joy- 
ously to announce to the world that the Hun was licked, licked to a frazzle, 
and we needed no more artillery, no more gas. 

When the fireworks were done, we went down to the big chateau where 
the colonel lived for our final act of the evening's celebration. We filed into 
the grounds through the big iron gates. The chateau was owned by a wealthy 
French family belonging to the aristocracy. Before the war it was the scene 
of many social affairs of laughter, song and gayety. During the war the 
family had become broken and scattered, and the big chateau. cold and gloomy 
now, seemed a tombstone to remind one of a type of life that was dead. But 
tonight, in strange contrast to its sad appearance during the war, it was ablaze 
with light, candles burning in every window. We gathered in front of the 
main entrance. Red. white and green lights lit up the beautiful grounds and 




BAR-LE-DUC. VERDUN AND STAINVILLE 



THE ARMISTICE— Cont. 

the light-hearted air of gayety ruled again. Pretty soon the colonel came 
to go to his room. \\'hen he reached the doorwa}', three 3-oung French women, 
dressed in red, white and blue, met him, one of them carrying a large bouquet 
of beautiful flow.ers. She could speak English a little, and with that peculiar 
French accent made a short speech presenting the col'onel with the bouquet. 
The speech was something like this: "My dear col-o-nel, I do not speak Eng- 
lish very well, but I will do my best in the name of my little village and of 
m}^ great country to thank you and all brave American soldiers for the help 
you gave us. I regret that I am not able to make my thanks very long, but 
I do it with all my heart." The colonel thanked the young lady for the appre- 
ciation she had shown and had expressed in behalf of France. He said he 
was proud that America had had an opportunity to do something for the 
deliverance of France and the whole world from German tyranny. Then he 
turned to the men of the regiment and thanked them for their heroic service 
and urged them to uphold the reputation of the 115th in whatever work they 
might be called upon to do in times of peace. 

A great many French civilians and a few French soldiers were in the 
crowd, so the colonel called upon Chaplain McLaughlin, who speaks French 
as well as a Frenchman and knows it better, to express his thoughts to the 
French people. Chaplain McLaughlin delighted them with his good French 
as well as with his splendid speech. He said something like this : "My dear 
Frenchmen; I have been charged by my colonel with the duty of expressing 
to you his appreciation of the little compliments you have paid him this eve- 
ning. These testimonials of affection shown the Americans by the French 
people show clearly that there still exists that mutual love which inspired 
your great country to aid us with your money and noble-hearted soldiers in 
the infancy of our republic. Now that we have grown to powerful young 
manhood, we still remember with sentiments of intense gratitude that aid 
which was given to us in the day of our sore need. And seeing an old ally 
brought to her knees, bled white and dying in dark despair, we could not do 
otherwise without forsaking our manhood, than come with our every resource 
to her assistance." The French people were greatly pleased. We sang a 
few songs and went to our billets feeling that one of the greatest days in the 
history of the world had come to a close — the day that marked the end of the 
great World War. 

Feelmg that the war was over and the purpose for which we had come to 
France was accomplished, we would have been glad to start for America the 
next day, but it had taken time to get an army of 2,000,000 Americans in 



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France and it was going to take time to get them back. We stayed in Buerey 
for a few days to make sure that hostilities had actually ceased, and then we 
set out for our permanent billeting area near Bourbonne-les-Bains. We hiked 
part of the way ; rode in trucks part of the way; and went the rest of the dis- 
tance by rail. It was a cold ride in box cars that night of November 20, and 
we were mighty glad when we arrived at Vitrey, our destination, even though 
it was only four o'clock in the morning. We got out of those refrigerator cars 
just as quickly as we could and soon there was a dozen good-sized camp fires 
burning merrily along the railroad track. The soldiers sat around, swapped 
stories, joked and began to speculate on how soon we would go home. As 
daylight came on, the trains were unloaded, kitchens fired up, and before long 
we were eating breakfast, not at a ta'ble in a house, but leaning up against 
a fence, sitting on a box or on the railroad track or standing first on one foot, 
then another. 

After breakfast we loaded up and hiked to our prescribed billets three 
little villages, each about five or six miles from Bourbourn-les-Bains where 
Division Headquarters was located. Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters 
Company, M. G. Company were located in Fresnes-sur-Apance, together with 
the three Machine Gun Battalions of the division. The first and second bat- 
talions were located in Senaide, and the third battalion was located at Ain- 
velle with Company M, just a mile or two bej^ond at Fouchecourt. There was 
nothing attractive about any of these villages — absolutely nothing. They 
were typical, little French villages poverty stricken by the war. We were 
parceled around in barns and barracks. Winter was coming on and there 
were no stoves, no straw for our bed sacks, no wood, not even sufficient 
candles, so that living was pretty tough for awhile. There was no place to 
go in the evenings, except to a wine shop ,or to bed, and as the wine shops 
would hold only a small proportion of the men, about 90 per cent, went to bed 
at 5.30 or 6 o'clock. These conditions did not last long, however, as every 
effort was made to get straw, stoves, candles, magazines, games and recrea- 
tion centers. We hoped to get away soon and the sooner the better. There 
were rumors of going into Germany as a part of the Army of Occupation and 
rumors of going home : we just lived on these rumors. The constant plea 
was, "Where do we go from here, bovs ; where do we go from here?" 



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Waiting — Wistful Waiting 



CHAPTER 




Kf I Ki E 





SCENES IN SEN A IDE 



CKapter IX. 



WAITING-WISTFUL WAITING ! 




'E had always felt a decided interest in the man who defined 

life as : "Just one d m thing after another," but from now 

on there will be between him and us that sincere good fellow- 
ship which goes with a perfect mutual understanding. Look- 
ing back on those five months spent at Fresnes, Senaide and 
Ainvelle we rise to endorse his definition in the most solemn 
and emphatic manner. "That's me all over, Mabel." 

We had thought that we had completely run the gamut of things endur- 
able. Experiences running from the sands of the Mexican 'border to the mud 
of the Meuse-Argonne are generally calculated to make a man believe that he 
has seen about all there is to see and that he has undergone about all the 
sensations the heart is capable of. We were to find out, however, that there 
was still a little bit of hell which we had not yet visited ; we were to get so 
"cussed" homesick doing nothing over there by the manure piles that we all 
swore that if the Goddess of Liberty ever wanted to see us again after we 
landed in the good old U. S. A. that amiable young lady would have to "about 
face." 

If someone had told us we would be as bad as that we would never have 
believed him. From the Colonel down to Joe O'Malley of Supply Company 
fame you never saw such a homesick bunch in your life. Along this line 
several incidents occurred which were pathetic. The Baltimore "Sun," gra- 
ciously and efficiently represented by ]Mrs. Marguerite E. Harrison, had sent 
us their films "Miles of Smiles," pictures of the folks back home in God's 
country. Many a boy was touched even to tears as he beheld the face of wife 
or mother, sister or brother smile out at him from the screen. Colonel Reck- 
ord at once realized the valuable influence that these films would have on the 
morale of his men in the circumstances in which they then found themselves 
and put himself to considerable effort to see that the 3,000 men of his regi- 
ment scattered through three little country towns should see these pictures 
even several times. Mrs. Harrison and her films were always sure of a grace- 
ful reception, but the Colonel to show his appreciation would put aside all 
other engagements to attend these "movies" in person. 




REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS AT FRESNES 




WHERE THE MEN LIVED 



WAITING— WISTFUL WAITING— Cor.t. 

On the occasion of his first visit with the fihns to the Third Battalion in 
Ainvelle when the laces of Mrs. Reckord and little Gladys were thrown on 
the screen, some "old buck" in the rear of the "shack" yelled: "Who wants to 
go home now?" Quick as a flash the Co'-one! turned — not to reprove, not to 
command silence, he was too human for that — the smile the boys loved was 
on his face, as he came back with the reply that brought down the house: 
"Boy, you SAID IT." 

That's the way the Colonel felt and the regiment felt with him. We do 
not want to seem to exaggerate this homesick feeling nor do we want to fall 
into the mistake of thinking that the emotions which were passing through 
our own hearts must necessarily be faithful copies of what was transpiring in 
the hearts of the several thousand other men of the 113th Infantry. It may 
even be that on reading these lines some "hard boiled Inick" will swear that 
he was not homesick even in the slightest degree, Init if that gentleman will 
be willing to stand up and make this statement to the whole 115th Infantry, 
we will reluctantly admit that perhaps he was an exception. Certainly the 
conversation of the men, their letters, their jokes, we might almost say their 
whole daily life centered about that one topic. Going Home. No longer did 
the soldier yell, "When do we eat?" Now it was, "When are we going 
home?" 

Our most interesting occupation was to run down the latest rumor rela- 
tive to our going home, and some of them surpassed in fertility of imagination 
the best fiction we have ever read. Sometimes it would be Captain Hewitt 
who would swear that the Y. M. C. A. were already on the move ; or again, 
Larry Connely or some other Sergeant of the Supply Company would declare 
on oath that we had already been issued bathing suits for the crossing of the 
Atlantic. Every month Captain Harlan Johnson would tell the First Ser- 
geants of the different companies that we would move just as soon as we were 
"up" on our paper work. Now and then we would get a tip straight from 
headquarters. One of General Morton's mess orderlies had heard the General 
say in one of his rare loquacious moments that we were second on the list, 
and if not more than three or four divisions were rtm in ahead of us we would 
probably be about the eleventh or twelfth to sail. It was a great life! 

Six months were to pass before these fond rumors were to materialize 
and there was nothing for it but to settle down as best we could -in our new 
"homes." There was nothing particularly attractive about any of these vil- 
lages. At no time was there c^uestion as to which battalion was "better off." 
The difficultv was rather to decide which was "worse off." 



WAITING— WISTFUL WAITING— Com. 

Fresnes-sur-Apance, built on the side of a 45 per cent, grade, might have 
been very picturesque when viewed from certain angles, but we never got 
those angles. We were in constant fear of having one leg grow longer than 
the other from walking with one leg up hill and the other down. The church, 
the "Mairie" and probably a hundred homes of the combination residence — 
stable type, so peculiar to Western France, made up the village. No men 
were to 'be seen except such as appeared to be around the age of 50 years and 
even these were scarce. Women and children seemed to be doing their best 
to "hold the fort." Madeiiioiselle milked the cows, and cleaned the stables, 
ploughed the ground and brought in the hay. Mademoiselle was really the 
"whole show" ; and the only thing "stirring" in the village. That she wel- 
comed the advent of the American soldiers goes without saying. Human 
nature being human, she could not do otherwise. When the winter's manure 
piles had to be hauled to the fields one might well trade a few smiles for 
several hours husky labor, and then, too, if one was real good to these Amer- 
icans, by some mysterious means they could perform the impossible and get 
a pound or two of sugar. "Ou la la, lis etaient des braves gens, ces Amer- 
icains !" 

Fresnes enjoyed the proud distinction of being the seat of our Regimental 
Headquarters and the place of residence of our Colonel and his staff. Long 
will those days stick in our memory. Perish the day when we forget the 
heroic efforts of Lieutenant Harry Hagan, R. M. O., to provide us a sc^uare 
meal at 'Madame Bournot's. Ah, the tears of joy and sadness that therein 
were shed as we tried to live on his fare and live up to his regulations. Harry, 
time has not yet healed the wounds our feelings suffered when you insisted 
on our breakfasting at 7.15. Once again, we say it, "His Excellency, General 
Sherman was right." 

Yet, now and then a ray of sunshine pierces through the blackest clouds. 
Mrs. John A. Toller, Y. M. C. A., came to grace our table and to protect 
Harr}^ from our attacks. Her rare vivacity of character and the splendid 
good-fellowship with which she distributed her charming good nature impar- 
tially among all, soon made her the idol of the mess. We never did think 
much of Wallace Moore as a poet, but we did not blame him much for resort- 
ing to poetr}' to tell Mrs. Toller how we all appreciated her sunny presence. 
We do not like to misquote Wallace, but we believe that one of the lines said 
something about: "Sister to a thousand men." 

What Mrs. Toller was to Fresnes, able, efficient Afiss Jenkins, Y. !M. 
C. A., was to Senaide ; while Ainvelle and the Third Battalion were the proud 



WAITING— VC'ISTFUL WAITING— Cont. 

possessors, too, of the brightest little sun-flowers, that ever grew up amid 
the cotton fields of Georgia. Yes, we're from Gawgia, from now on. These 
charming recruits did much to stave ofif the epidemic of gang-plank-blues, 
and we believe they made many a boy "tighten up" as he remembered what 
he had waiting for him back home. We feel sure that the llSth will never 
forget them. 

Maiay things were done to try to put a bit of spice in the weary, dreary 
monotony of those long weeks. The Chaplains thought they would pull off 
a real, old-fashioned, American barbecue in celebration of Thanksgiving Day. 
An ox was a difficult thing to find and if found, it was even more difficult to 
pry it loose from its French owner. Since Chaplain McLaughlin, our regi- 
mental expert at speaking French and handling the French people was away. 
Lieutenant Bayley Brower was selected for the job of buying an ox. Armed 
with his forty-.five and a good little dictionary he started out to market. After 
several hours' bargaining, prefaced with the usual ceremonies, he solemnly 
concluded the contract by which we were to receive a two-year-old ox, 
dressed and ready for the roast on Thanksgiving Day, for the modest sum of 
1,000 francs. The boys brought it over and the Supply Company went to 
work on the preparations for our barbecue. They dug a pit three by six and 
two feet deep and scandalized the French peasants by burning wood in it for 
a whole half day in order to have a bed of coals to roast our buffalo. Well, 
Mr. Buff was slung over that bed of coals and he was turned and turned 
again and then turned some more ; all that night and all the next day — and 
then it rained! We learned then why they called the Frenchmen "frogs." 
If we stayed long enough in this country we would surely "croak" ourselves. 
Chaplain Reynolds had made all arrangements for a fitting celebration around 
the roasted ox and to have "Chief" Plant and his faithful band lull us to sleep 
with their soothing melodies, but it was the drip of the rain through the leaks 
in the stable that more or less gently soothed us to sleep that night. But 
many of us had become accustomed to mud and rain and the First and Second 
Battalions insisted on staging a football game just to "let on" that it was 
Thanksgiving. After crawling around in the mud for a couple of hours the 
men lined up for a slice of their "buff'." They slapped him between two 
pieces of bread and stood out in the rain chewing on him trying to make 
themselves believe they were having a good time. 

The chiefs of the Army and the heads of the different Welfare Organiza- 
tions were becoming alarmed over the fearfully wretched position the men 
were in. owing to the lack of sufficient healthv relaxation. There were drills 





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enough and details enough, as we all unanimously admitted, but not even 
the Army can keep a man occupied during all ol his waking hours. Oppor- 
tunities for athletics were limited owing to the fact that the French had every 
blade of grass counted and where there was such a crowd, only a few could 
profit from a ball game. We had a show or movies once or twice a week, 
but not everybody could or would enjoy them, so to fill up a well defined lack, 
the Army schools were proposed. On account of the uncertainty of our state 
cmd a host of difficulties scarcely to be imagined except by one thoroughly 
acquainted with the circumstances, not much practical value from an educa- 
tional point of view was accomplished, but they certainly did succeed in 
worrying the school officers for awhile. They had to devote more time to 
making out reports than to teaching and the matter became almost ridiculous 
in its complications because most of the classes would embrace students 
ranging in caliber from that of the university graduate down to that of an 
unsuccessful candidate for admission to a kindergarten. It had been "some" 
job to beat the Germans, but this job had them all "beat." 

Competition, they say, is the spice of life, and three or four little afliairs 
of competition came to put a little spice into the life of the 115th Infantry. 
Chief among them was the contest for places on the divisional football team 
and here the 115th, true to form, maintained its high standard of "second to 
none" by winning seven places in competition with the whole division. This 
team, more than half 115th Infantry, made a glorious name for itself by 
defeating and going to within a half a point of the Corps Championship. 
They tied the score once with the husky Texan 36th Division for that title 
and it was only by a lucky drop kick that their opponents finally put them 
out of the running. 

Major Woodcock's Third Battalion also brought great glory to the regi- 
ment b}" running well up in the race for the title of the best manuevering 
battalion in the A. E. F. They triumphed over everything, first in the regi- 
ment itself, then over the best battalion of the 116th Infantry, our sister 
regiment from Virginia; then over the best battalion of the entire 57th Brigade 
from New Jersey, thus enjoying first place in the 29th Division. They were 
chosen, therefore, to represent the 29th Division in a contest with the best 
battalion of the Sixth Regular Army Division and the best battalion of the 
81st National Army Division. In this contest our battalion lost by a very 
small percentage. The perfect score was 4,000 points. The Sixth Division 
Battalion was given first place with 3,150 points, our battalion was second 
with 3,009 points, and the 81st Division was last with 2.744. Practically every 




SIDE-DOOR PULLMAN'S 



WAITING— WISTFUL WAITING— Com. 

manaeuvre had been held in wind, snow or rain, and after long hikes or bus 
rides, so the men really did not know whether to be glad or sorr)' when they 
finally lost out. 

General Pershing's visit lor review of the division on March 25 gave us 
another chance to show off. "Black Jack" had paid us a visit when we were 
in the trenches in Alsace, but this was our first experience of any account 
with him, and the 115th was determined to show him what a real regiment 
was like. At five in the morning everything was humming. A nice flat 
parade ground had been picked out and by 10 o'clock the whole division had 
been massed and was waiting for the inspection which was not destined to 
transpire until about 1 o'clock. And that wait was to be typical of our whole 
stay in France. Again it rained ! Xot only once, but a half a dozen times 
that memorable morning. Our nice flat parade ground was transformed into 
a lake. In water over our shoe-tops we stood reflecting on the glorious life 
of the soldier, while big Major Eubanks swore that if ever anyone of his boys 
at home "stepped out with the left loot," he'd kill the son-of-a-gun. 

With all the appropriate ruffles and flourishes General Pershing pulled up 
in his limousine, and then we watched to see how he would founder around 
in that lake. To tell the truth we did not expect to see such ganieness under 
that four-starred coat. We thought that he would content himself with a 
perfunctory inspection in view of the "exceptional" circumstances. But not 
he ! Spick and span and as dapper as they make them, he plowed into the 
mud and water and when he had finished, he could have told just how many 
buttons were missing in the whole division. Not a single man escaped the 
closest scrutiny, and all the time he traveled through that mud and water at 
a speed which sorely taxed his accompanying staft'. He seemed the youngest 
man of them all. 

After making this personal inspection of all infantry regiments, he took 
his place again in front of the division facing it. Immediately in front of him 
was the group of officers and men who were to be decorated for distinguished 
service. Back of them adding a dash of color and unusual beauty to the 
general somber setting were the four regimental American flags and the four 
regimental flags. Back of the colors was the division staff. Slightly to the- 
rear and on either side were the brigade commanders and their staffs : then 
the colonels and their staffs and behind them the regiments. The division 
stood at attention. It was a stirring sight. The division adjutant stepped 
out in front of the decoratees and read the individual citations and resumed 
his place. The four regimental bands massed into one great band played 




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WAITING— WISTFUL WAITING— Cont. 

"The Star-Spangled Banner." The four American flags were lifted into the 
sunlight, for the clouds had scattered ; the regimental flags were lowered; 
Every soldier from the Commander-in-Chief to the lowest private stood 
rigidly at salute ; the civilians and French peasants took oft' their hats. It 
was an impressive moment. In silence — almost reverence — we were paying- 
tribute and honor to our nation and the great principles for which it stands. 
When the National Anthem was finished, General Pershing came forward 
and pinned the various decorations upon each man and gave him a hearty 
handshake in congratulation. This done, he decorated the different regi- 
mental flags. As he approached each flag, it was lowered and he tied above 
it a beautiful ribbon, bearing the names of the engagements in which the 
various regiments fought. We felt a bit prouder of our regiment when the 
color sergeants returned with that ribbon flying above our flag. 

When the decoration ceremony was over. General Pershing, General 
Morton and their guests took their places on the reviewing stand and the 
division marched by in column of companies. Those standing upon the hill- 
side watching the review say it was the most magnificent military spectacle 
they had ever seen. The oiled helmets and 'fixed bayonets glistened and 
gleamed in the sunlight as that vast body moved across the field. Some 
person, thrilled by the sight and moved by the power it represented, said, 
"That is one of the reasons Germany signed the armistice." 

Quickly the regiments were assembled about the stand. All mounted 
officers were ordered to one side out of the way and the soldiers crowded as 
closely as possible to their great leader. America may be proud of such a 
representative among foreigners for he is a typical American, alert and c|uick 
in action with a strong face, keen eye, gracious manner and genial bearing. 
In his speech he congratulated the division upon the endurance it had shown 
in hardships and the bravery and skill it had displayed in battle. He thanked 
us in his own behalf, in behalf of the other divisions who fought with us, in 
behalf of the American people, in behalf of the Allies and the world for what 
we had done. He also paid a high tribute to the American Army because of 
the manner in which it overcame moral enemies in those days of peculiar 
temptation. Again he thanked us and was gone to inspect the wagon trains, 
machine gun battalions, engineers and artillery regiments which were lined 
up along all nearby roads. 

The order to "unscramble" was given. Soon the regiments were formed ; 
the bands began to play and we marched back to our billets, tired and wet 




GOOD-BYE. WERE OFF FOR HOME 



WAITING— WISTFUL WAITING— Cont. 

and hungry ; but glad to have had a part in the big game ; proud of our divi- 
sion and still more proud of our own Maryland regiment. 

The happiest part of it all was the insinuation the General let fall that 
we would soon be on our way back home. At last, our exile was soon to 
end. A few more weeks passed, during which some of the men received very 
much enjoyed furloughs to Aix-les-bains, Nice and similar lower areas and 
then on the long-to-be-remembered April 14 we were ordered to entrain for 
the embarkation area at Le-Mans. 

Nobody "kicked" about hikes, then. Everything was forgotten and for- 
given. Every kilometer from Passovant, our point of entraining to Connerrie 
vvdiere we debarked was drawing us nearer home, and we would gladly have 
stayed on the train for two weeks instead of two days under those conditions. 
From Connerrie, the railroad junction, we marched to the picturesque little 
town of Bonnetable. This neat, clean little town with its exceptionally hos- 
pitable people was a welcome surprise to us. The regiment was again spread 
out over three little villages with its headquarters at Bonnetable. Here, we 
passed two very plasant weeks, thanks to the hospitality of the people in 
general and M. le due de Rochfoucault in particular. The latter devoted his 
whole time to our entertainment and placed his beautiful home and grounds 
at our disposal. His kindness is one of the most pleasant memories that we 
brought back from France. 

Those last few weeks were pretty busy ones at that. All paper work had 
to be cleared up and above all the last stray "cootie" had to be steamed to 
death. "Reading shirts" was a daily occupation and woe to the man who 
was found guilty of harboring one of the best. He was given the maximum 
penalty possible in the ring: he was turned over to the tender mercies of the 
members of his own squad, who, through fear of becoming possessed them- 
selves and consequently held up at the gang plank, soon made life so miser- 
able for die offender that he spent all his spare time in chasing his tiny friends 
over the hurdles. 

On April 28 we entrained for St. Nazaire, the port of embarkation. It is 
no exaggeration to say that some of us were almost hysterical with joy. We 
knew that if we ever got that far it would be a hard thing to hold us up. 
Again the hardships of France's side door Pullmans were passed over as 
trifles. We scarcely noticed that we nearly froze that night we were going 
to the border of the Atlantic Ocean and on the other side of that ocean lay 
the e-ood old U. S. A. God bless her ! 




OUR BAND IN A LEAVE AREA. THAT EXPLAINS "THE GIRLS" 




DUKE'S HOME AT BONNETABLE 



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Homeward Bound 



CHAPTER 



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ROLLING THE BRINY DEEP— WE ARE STILL HUNTING CCOTIES 



Cnapter X 



HOMEWARD BOUND 




HAVING arrived at the last lap — the home stretch, minutes 
seemed like hours to us. St. Nazaire was pretty enough ; 
it was one of the largest towns in which we had been quar- 
tered in France ; many, indeed, were the attractions, but the 
one thing about St. Nazaire that attracted us was the fact 
that it bordered on the one side of the Atlantic Ocean and the 
United States bordered on the other. 

"Shirt Reading" and physical examination seemed to us to be never end- 
ing. Now and then we indulged in a little snappy "close order" drill just to 
show the "casuals" of St. Nazaire what kind of an outfit was the 115th. 
Even the "Heinie" prisoners sat up and took notice of some of the companies. 
Butlers, "silent manual" had them all looking. We had two formal parades 
which created quite a favorable impression. But it was very hard to get 
anybody interested in anything but the one subject; just when would our 
boat come in? 

For awhile nothing definite could be learned. There was some fear that 
we would be split up and sent over on different boats, but Colonel Reckord 
finally managed to obtain, passage for the whole 115th and our allies, the 112th 
Machine Gun Battalion, on board the U. S. S. Artemis. Only the knowledge 
that she was bringing us home ever made the Artemis supportable to us. 

She had formerly been a cattle boat carrying about 1,800 horses, and now 
she had about 4,000 men crowded on board. Quarters were so cramped that 
the men would have to keep perpetually in line to get their three meals per 
day. It would take so long to come to the end of the line with the limited 
kitchen facilities that usually No. 1 man would carry his chow around to the 
tail of the line and camp there in order to be ready for the next meal. 

Chief Plant did his best to save us from dying entirely in misery by 
bringing out the few members of his band who could crawl. It was laugh- 
able sometimes to see Thompson try to suck a lemon and blow a cornet at the 




THE BAND AT WORK 




GROUP OF OFFICERS 



HOMEWARD BOUND— Cont. 

same time. Little by little, however, we all got over the sea-sickness and life 
commenced to look rosy again to us. We really almost picked up a liking 
for the Artemis, but our affection was too sorely tried when we saw boat after 
boat pass us homeward-bound. We have not looked up the statistics on the 
subject, but we are all willing to l^et that the Artemis was the slowest boat on 
the Atlantic Ocean at that time. Some of us very nearly met with sudden 
death at the hands of one of the ship's crew, "Joe Fisher," champion light- 
weight of the Atlantic Fleet, on account of some sarcastic remarks we would 
make about the speed of the Artemis. 

Joe became furious one da}' when, after he had informed us that the 
Artemis had passed a boat during the night, we all told him that the boat must 
have been going the other way. Joe was really one of the bright lights of 
our trip back. Time and again he would throw the 'whole ship into roars of 
laughter. Joe was a boatswains-mate in addition to being champion light- 
weight and the way he would exercise his authority over those wooden leg 
sailors from "Pelham Bay," as he called them, would set the soldiers laughing 
till the tears rolled down their cheeks. Joe never gave a command unless 
he had a full house for audience and then Admiral Dewey at Manila was, 
indeed, a small figure compared with Joe. Way up on the top deck with a 
sea of delighted .soldier faces down below staring up at him, Joe wottld bawl 
out his commands. Now it would be "Man this ash whip." Or again, "Break 
out, yuh gobs, man the watch and look-out." And they never failed to "break 
out" either for tho' Joe was the smallest of them all, that reputation of his 
made him the biggest man aboard and Joe knew it. 

One or two entertainments by a "cracker-jack" soldier troupe and a few 
regimental "sings" helped pass the time. At last, on the evening of the 23d 
we knew from the light on the shore that we were nearing land, and the 
word went over the ship like wild fire that we were in Hampton Roads. Some 
were crazed with joy ; some seemed hardly able to realize that it was all over ; 
the submarines, the raids in Alsace, the horrors of the Meuse-Argonne — and 
that here they were back again safe and sound. Many a time they had longed 
for this day. Now that it had come they could scarcely realize it. Very few 
slept that night. 

At the break of dawn on the 24th, Loyal Maryland had its delegation 
there on a tug to welcome us with tears and shouts of joy. Wives, sweet- 
hearts, mothers and sisters lined the rail. Tears flowed freely. A day like this 
can happen only once in a life time. These men were practically dead and 




LANDING AT NEWPORT NEWS 



HOMEWARD BOUND— Cont. 

now they had returned to life and love again. As the boat gradually pushed 
in to the pier and faces could be made out the joy on boat and .pier became 
indescribable. I dare say that we broke all records in disembarking that day. 
There certainly were very definite reasons why we should hurry to get out on 
the pier, and some of them were very appealing reasons, too. Old men 
danced and threw their hats in the air as they used to do on the last day of 
school. The women, God bless them, kissed everybody on board and then 
like the practical Maryland housewives they are, informed us that the "Mary- 
land Kitchen" would soon have dinner ready for us at Camp Stewart just 
outside the town of Newport News. 

The news gave added strength to all and though the sun was scorching 
we hardly needed the 10 minutes "fall out." We have often heard of "marches 
of triumph." Now we know what they mean. Patriotic Newport News 
turned out solidly to meet us. All along the line of march they thronged 
the streets and waved their welcome to us. 

My, but it was good to be in the old V. S. A. again. One husky doughboy 
in sheer gladness at finding himself once more in God's country picked up the 
first American "kiddie" he came to and nearly hugged and kissed him to death. 

At Camp Stewart, we soon found that the "Maryland Kitchen" had made 
no idle promises. It was great stuff — real ice cream, fried hcicken, rolls and 
all that, but pshaw ! the best part of it all was the "mess sergeants and the 
K. P." Some of those were not only drinking with their eyes, they were eating 
and breathing with them, too. Long live the "Maryland Kitchen." 

After these first ecstatic gaspings, when our feet gradually became used 
to solid ground a definite "order of the day" was issued, granting as much 
leave as possible to those who had visitors, informing us of the different quar- 
antine regulations, etc. We were going to be good boys right up to the end 
for fear we would be kept in after school. That was the one thing we dreaded. 
Every day seemed an age that separated us from our great longing to go 
home and kiss everybody in sight and then sleep and eat for a week. 

New cotton uniforms were issued and we were steamed and scoured till 
we smelt like a laundry and then since we had to wait a few days because of 
the scarcity of cars we were steamed and scoured over again. Finally, those 
cars did arrive. It was a gay old day when we piled into the trains which 
were to take us back once more to Baltimore. At first we were satisfied to 




SCENES AT CAMP MEADE 



HOMEWARD BOUND— Cont. 

mere!}- set foot on the soil of America, but now we were becoming more 
particular. We wanted Maryland and home. 

Our trains brought us right into the center of Camp Meade. There we 
found the folks from home waiting in throngs to greet us, or at least most 
of us. Provision was immediately made by Colonel Reckord for those whose 
folks had not come down by granting permission for 24 hours' leave on a 
basis of SO per cent, of our strength. Needless to say a full 50 per cent, took 
advantage of this permission and the trolleys and taxis into Baltimore were 
loaded to the gunwales. 

Our official triumph was to take place on Memorial Day and it was to 
take the form of a parade through the dear old streets of Baltimore. The old 
town lived up to her reputation on that day. The whole route of that march 
was lined from curb to wall with cheering, shrieking, patriotic Baltimoreans 
who tried with might and main to make us understand how proud they were 
of us. They filled every window and crowded the roof of every building. 
We won"t say that we would be willing to go through Alsace and the Meuse- 
Argonne again in order to receive such an enthusiastic reception, but it cer- 
tainly would be a strong temptation. 

That was some parade. Colonel Reckord and his staff on horseback led 
the way. Then came the 115th band, the best in the A. E. ,F. They had been 
talking for months of how they would play when they marched up Baltimore 
Street and they measured up to their boastings. The Baltimore "Sun" had 
offered a prize of $50 to the band in the parade that played the best when it 
passed the Sun building. Needless to say, "Chief" and his blowing buddies 
won the money. We marched in East Lexington Street to City Hall, down 
Holliday to Baltimore Street, to Howard, to Monument and down around the 
Washington Monument at Mt. Vernon Place, where the official reviewing 
stand was located. The Governor, the Mayor and the official representatives 
of the State and city reviewed us. The statue of George Washington on its 
high pedestal just back of them seemed to be animated with the spirit of the 
great Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Forces. The father of our 
country was the chief reviewing officer that day. To one who looked above 
the heads of the Governor and his group, George Washington, the personifi- 
cation of America's best in military life and Statesmanship, seemed to smile 
and bow as we passed by. This representative of the terrible war that gave 
our nation birth was proud of how the American soldier had fought and what 
he had achieved in the Great World War. After we had passed, he straight- 



HOMEWARD BOUND— Cont. 

ened up with a little more dignity and a little more pride, pleased that America 
had played so noble a part in the maelstrom of nations. 

We marched around to the Fifth Regiment Armory where the Ladies' 
Auxiliary had prepared a typical Maryland dinner for us all. Tables groaning 
with good things to eat covered the whole floor and there was a place for 
everyone. They brought on the fried chicken, potatoes, peas, salad, ice 
cream and all the "fixins" until our ravenous appetites were completely satis- 
fied. Then Governor Harrington, on behalf of the State, and Mayor Broening, 
on behalf of the city, told us of how proud they were of what we had done. 
After our vanity had been as completely satisfied as our appetites, we went 
home to rest and visit for a few hours and then came back to the armory for 
a formal reception and dance at night. We greeted and were greeted, danced 
with the pretty Baltimore girls — we had forgotten all about the mesdemoi- 
selles of Champlitte, Breachaumont, Belfort, Beurey, Senaide and even gay 
Paree by that time — for of all the girls we had ever seen in Alabama, Paris 
or Nice, our own Baltimore wife or sweetheart was easily the winner. We 
ate some more ice cream and cake, danced another dance, and went home 
with our sweetheart to coo through the wee hours of the morning until the 
early trains began to run back to camp. It was a great day, never to be for- 
gotten. It was a triumphal celebration worthy to rank with those of the 
ancient conquerors. Pharaoh, Cyrus, Alexander-the-Great, Caesar, Pompey, 
Napoleon had nothing on us. 

The hot sands, dust and blistering sun of Camp Meade made our desire 
to be mustered out immediately all the stronger. The machinery that starts 
the process was put into operation at once. All equipment, except a complete 
cutfit of wearing apparel, our gas masks and helmets, had to be turned in, 
checked up and accounted for. Every one had to undergo a rigid physical 
examination to make sure the service had done him no harm. This was done 
for the benefit of the man as well as for the protection of the Government. 
The final pay of each man was accurateh- computed to the ver)- day of his 
discharge, and the $60 bonus was added. All discharge papers were carefully 
prepared, signed by the commanding officer and the man was ready to re- 
ceive his last pay from Uncle Sam and be set free. It took a company about 
a week to go through the mill. Finally, on the 7th of June, Headquarters 
Company was ready. It was lined up. Each man had his discharge papers, 
barrack bag or suit case, and a broad smile. They marched down to the camp 
paymaster, got their pay, railroad fare home and were soldiers in the United 



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States Army no longer. Two or three companies were mustered out daily 
and then all the officers, so that by the first of July, 1919, the 115th Infantry, 
U. S. A., was no more. 

It was no more as an active military organization, but it was and will 
be forever a body of brave-hearted, brotherly men bound together by the 
bonds of esteem and affection that can be forged only by association through 
hardships and dangers endured for a noble cause. Wherever these men meet 
there will be displayed that rich friendship known only to that fraternity of 
soldiers who have been comrades together on a battlefield. As long as a few 
tottering, gray-headed veterans remain alive, the 115th Infantry will be a 
living brotherhood. When all are gone, its memory will be cherished as one 
of the most glorious chapters of Maryland's histor}' and it will live forever 
in the annals of man's freedom and human progress. 




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AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 
OFFICES OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 



T> r ■ r^ , ^, , r^ 1 r France, April 2, 1919. 

Major General Charles G. Morton, 

Commanding 29th Division, 

American E. F. 

My Dear General Morton : 

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you and the officers and men of the 
29th Division my compliments upon the showing made at the review and inspec- 
tion on March 24th, and at the same time to commend all ranks for the services 
they have rendered while in France. 

Though brief, your fighting record is one of which all may be proud. Arriv- 
ing in France late in June, 19'18, the division's period of training behind the line 
was cut short and one month later it was put into the Alsace sector, thereby 
relieving veteran divisions for the battle. At the beginning of the great Meuse- 
Argonne offensive, it was moved into the line east of the river Meuse. While 
the division remained in the Corps Reserve, the 58th Infantry Brigade, operating 
under orders of the Commander of the French 18th Division, made a surprise 
attack on October 8th, capturing Malbrouck Hill. From October 10th until 
October 23rd, the division took part in a series of advances to the depth of seven 
kilometers, taking Grand Montagne and the Ridge Detrys. These positions were 
consolidated for a further advance when, on October 30th, the division was 
relieved by the 79th. 

It was gratifying to see your troops in such good physical shape, but still 
more so to know that the moral tone of all ranks is so high. I am sure that this 
fine condition will continue to the end of their service and beyond, as an exempli- 
fication of their high character and soldierly qualities. Please extend to them my 
congratulations and my hearty thanks for their splendid work. 

Sincerely yours, 

(Signed) John J. Persi-iinG. 

FIRST IND. 

Headquarters 29th Division American E. F., 11 April, 1919 — Copy to all 
organizations, including company commanders. 
1. For their information. 
By command of Major General Morton. 

George Scott Stewart, Jr., 

Adjutant General, Adjutant. 



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HONORS^Cont. 

HEADQUARTERS 29TH DIVISION 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 



France, October 18. 

1. The following letter has been received from General Claudel, command- 
ing the 17th French Amiy Corps, to which this Division was attached during the 
i-ecent offensive : 

General Claudel, commanding the 17th Army Corps. 

To : — General Charles G. Morton, commanding the 29th I. D. U. S. 

My Dear General : 

z\t the time when the 29th I. D. U. S. leaves the sector of the 17th 
A. C, I wish to let you know how much I was honored to have it 
temporarily under my command and I wish to express to you all the satis- 
faction that it gave me. 

On October 8th, one of its brigades stormed, with splendid dash the 
difficult height of MALBROUCK and the powerful defenses of the 
BOIS de CONSENVOYE, 

On the 10th, the other brigade advanced beyond the heights of 
ORMONT to capture the BIS de la REINE. 

Since then, the whole division was employed, with splendid perse- 
verance and unfailing energy, to carry off the fortified CLAIRIERE de 
MOLEEVILLE, and the GRANDE MONTAGNE and BOI 
d'ETRAYES areas. 

The combat and weather conditions were hard most of the time. 
The 29th I. D. U. S. dauntlessly overcame them, took a total of about 
2,000 prisoners, guns, machine guns and important material. 

Will you kindly express to your splendid troops, to your General 
Staff, to your Services, all the thanks of the General Commanding the ■ 
17th A. C. and of their French comrades for their eft'ective and zealous 
co-operation. 

I am sure that under your command the 29th I. D. U. S. will soon 
win new laurels. 

P'.ease believe, my dear General, in the expression of my most grate- 
ful and devoted sentiments. 

(Signed) H. Cl.vudEl. 

2. The Division Commander directs that this be read to each organization 
of the Division at the next roll-call. 

S. A. Cloman, 
Colonel, Infantrv, Chief of Staff'. 



HONORS— Cont. 



HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 



France, April 9, 1919. 
ADVANCE COPY: 

General Orders No. 20. 

1. Pursuant to the telegraphic instructions from G. H. O., A. E. F., the 
29Lh Division was relieved from duty with this army April 6, 1919. 

The 29th Division came under the command of the First Army September 
15, 1918. 

The Division served in Army Reserve until October 3d when it was marched 
to the vicinity of VERDUN and advanced into action, commencing with an 
attack on the morning of October 8th, participating in the operations of the 17th 
Corps (French), east of the Meuse River, until October 30th, when its relief 
from duty in the line was completed and it passed again to the reserve of the 
Army. During its service in the line the Division or units thereof, took part in 
the operations against BOIS de CHAUME, BOIS PLAT CHENE. MOLLE- 
VIELE FARM, ROIS de la PEINE, BOIS d'ORMONT and GRAND MON- 
TAGNE. These operations accomplished an advance of seven kilometers and 
resulted in the capture of MOLLEVILLE FAR:\I, GRAND MONTAGNE and 
the ridge of d'ETRAYES, a feat of arms of which the Division Commander and 
his fine Division have cause to be very proud. 

2. The Army Commander takes this opportunity to express his appreciation 
of the services of the 29th Division, while a part of this Army and wishes it God- 
speed in the final phase of its services as a part of the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 

By Command of Lieutenant General Liggett. 

H. A. Drum. 

Chief of Stafif. 
Official Seal: 

H. K. LOUCFIRY, 

Adjutant GeneraJ. 



HONORS— Cont. 



HEADQUARTERS 29TH DIVISION 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 



1 November 18. 
General Orders, No. 59. 

Now that its part in the action north of Verdun is finished, the Division 
Commander wishes to tal<e occasion to express his deep appreciation of the skill, 
endurance and courage shown by the officers and men of the division, including 
both stafif and line, in a most difficult and prolonged fight. 

Everything was opposed to our success. We had a most determined enemy 
in our front and one skilled by four years of warfare, whereas this was the first 
real fight of our division. On most days the weather was bad and the ground 
difficult, added to the fact that the fighting was largely in woods. On account of 
the woods, ravines and dampness, gassing of our troops was easily accomplished 
and full advantage of this fact was taken by the enemy to whom the use of gas 
was an old story. 

Without exception the organizations of the division and their commanders 
responded heroically to every call upon them and at the end of the fight we had 
not only gained our objectives, but we held them and turned them over to our 
successors. We advanced some eight kilometers through the enemy's trenches, 
and captured over 2,100 prisoners, 7 cannon, about 200 machine guns and a large 
quantity of miscellaneous military property. We had the pleasure of seeing two 
hostile divisions withdrawn from our front, one of which was composed of some 
of the best troops of the German Army. On many occasions captured prisoners 
stated that our attack was so rapid and our fire so efifective that they were over- 
whelmed and had nothing to do but to retire or surrender. 

In this brief summing up the results of its first fight the Division Com- 
mander feels that every officer and man participating, whether in planning or in 
executing, should feel a just pride in what has been accomplished. This is but 
repeating the praise that has been bestowed upon the division by both American 
and French superior commanders. 

By command of JMajor General Morton. 

S. A. Cloman, 
Colonel of Infantry, Chief of Stafif. 

Official : 

Harry Scope, 

Adjutant General, Adjutant. 



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HONORS— Cont. 

HEADQUARTERS 29TH DIVISION 
CAMP McCLELLAN 



Anniston, Ala., 27 May, '18. 

To the Officers and Men of the 29th Division : 

This Division has, during the 9 months of its existence, gained for itself a 
proud record. Its members have been commended iby many visitors, official and 
private, as well as by many other people who have seen them at their places. 
Instead of being a menace to the City of Anniston, as many of its residents feared 
at the time of organization, the Division has been an example and a source of 
uplift to the entire surrounding community, not only in behavior, but in other 
things that go to make up good citizenship. The Commanding General feels a 
most unbounded pride in the officers and men with whom he has the honor to 
serve. 

The Division is now upon the eve of leaving its first station for other and 
more serious duty. Its Commander has the utmost confidence that the fine 
record made here will be carried by the Division wherever it goes, but in order 
that that record may be sustained he wishes to remind every officer and soldier 
that he individually is responsible for the honor and reputation of the Division as 
a whole. 

Any man who absents himself without leave, who becomes intoxicated, or 
who misconducts himself in any way, casts a reflection upon the entire Division 
and upon the uniform which he wears. Every non-commissioned officer who doea 
not do his utmost to check any disorder or infraction of discipline is ten times 
more responsible than the private. The same remark applies in a greatlv added 
degree to commissioned officers. 

It is therefore enjoined upon all officers and non-commissioned officers while 
enroute by rail or water, and after landing, to use the utmost vigilance to see that 
no man under their authority misbehaves, and it is equally enjoined upon all 
privates to remember their own responsibility and that they are carrying the honor 
of the Division in their hands. 

Members of the Division are especially cautioned about associating with 
women whom they do not know and about conversation on official matters with 
women or men who are strangers. These people will be encountered at the Port 
of Emarkation, as well as on the other side. Armies serving abroad are con- 
tinually cautioned to be most discreet in their conversation with all strangers what- 
soever and particularly with women, who are employed as spies equally with men. 

It is confidently believed that every member of the Division will heed the 
words of this bulletin and conduct himself accordingly. 

This bulletin will be so published prior to the departure of the Division that 
every officer, non-commissioned officer and private therein may be informed of 
its contents. 

G. G. Morton. 
Major General, U. S. Army, Commanding. 



HONORS— Cont. 



THE MEDAL OF HOMOR 



The following members of the One Hundred and Fifteenth were awarded 
the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest decoration the United States 
bestows upon its soldiers : 

Second Lieutenant Patrick Regan — Company H. 
Private Henry G. 'Costin — Company H (deceased). 



THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS 

Following is a list of officers and men of the One Hundred Fifteenth who 
were awarded Distinguished Service Crosses or Croix de Guerres for valor in 
action : 

First Lieutenant Artie E. Bolton — Company G. 
First Lieutenant James P. Boyle. 

First Lieutenant Frederick W. Ecker — Company F. 
First Lieutenant Robert S. Landstreet — Company H. 
First Lieutenant William P. Lewis. 

F'irst Lieutenant Merrill Rosenfeld — Company G (deceased). 
First Lieutenant Chandler Sprague — Company K. 
First Lieutenant Harry L. Webb — 'Company B (deceased). 
Lieutenant Leslie J. Jobes — Company A (deceased). 
Sergeant Raymond F. Banahan — ^Company L. 
Sergeant Joshua D. Brown — Company B. 
Sergeant Hugh C. Carter — ^Medical Department. 
Sergeant Harry C. Clark — Company G. 
Sergeant John H. E. Hoppe — Company G. 
Sergeant Carl Horseman — Company C. 
Sergeant Robert L. Hunter — Company A. 
Sergeant 'Howard E. Madsen — Company D. 
Sergeant Joseph F. Mannion — Company C. 
Sergeant Hugh P. McGainey — Company H. 
Sergeant Nisei Rafalsky — ^Medical Department. 
Sergeant William M. Rice — Company E. 
Sergeant John W. Saxon — Company K. 
Sergeant Harold D. Smith — Company C. 
Sergeant John E. West — Company F. 
Sergeant Edward R. White — Company L 
Corporal John W. Ayers — Company C. 
Corporal James J. Byrne — Company D. 
Corporal Pietro De Berardinis — ^^Company H. 
■ Corporal Clarence L. A. Dunsing — Companj' A. 



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HONORS— Cont. 

Corporal John E. Ferguson — Company H. 

Corporal Leonard A. Renshaw — Company I. 

Corporal Joseph E. Tennyson — Company B (deceased). 

First Class Private Rufus M. Coleman — Company B. 

First Class Private Ben Van Gunday — Company F. 

First Class Private Leroy Jones — Company E. 

First Class Private Howard H. Morrow — Company F. 

First Class Private Eugene F. Saunders — Company F. 

First Class Private Phillip E. Smith — Company B. 

First Class Private Warren C Stewart— Medical Dept. 

First Class Private Thomas F. Streb — Company H. 

First Class Private John Walters — Company K. 

First Class Private Andy Youngbar — Company K. 

Private John L. Biser — Company B (deceased). 

Private Putney Costin — Company H (deceased). 

Private Bradford Ferry — Company E. 

Private Frank Fleischman — Company K (deceased). 

Private Harry B. Insley — Company C. 

Private James R. Miller — Company C. 

Private William M. Murphy — Company H (deceased). 

Private Thomas H. Smith — Company C. 

Private Ralph L. Whitney — Company C. 

Private Joseph P. Woodville — Company B. 

Mec'hanic Russell C. Smith— Company B. 



THE CROIX DE GUERRE 

Colonel Milton A. Reckord. 

Major E. Brooke Lee. 

Captain Frank C. Mellon. 

First Lieutenant Daniel O'Connell. 

Sergeant Raymond Banahan — Company L. 

Sergeant Joshua D. Brown — Company B. 

Sergeant iSamuel Cadell — Company K. 

Sergeant William E. Holmes — Company L. 

Sergeant John H. E. Hoppe — Company K. 

Sergeant Richard Loeschki — Company K. 

Sergeant Hugh P. McGainey — ^^Company H. 

Private Ben Van Gunday — Company F. 

Private Harry B. Insley — Company C. 

First Class 'Private Phillip E. Smith — Company B. 

First Class Private John Walter — Company K. 

Private James R. Miller — Company C. 

Private Daniel E. Turner — Company L. 

Private Ralp'h N. Whitney — Company C. 

Private Andy Youngbar — Company K. 



BELGIAN DECORATION 

Major E. Brooke Lee. 

Second Lieutenant Daniel O'Connell. 



HONORS Cont. 
DIVISIONAL CITATION 

Captain Herbert L. Grymes, Captain E. Brooke Lee, Captain Philip C. Mclntyre, 
Captain Harry C. Ruhl, First Lieutenant Paul E. Marsh, First Lieutenant Richard D. 
Ransome, First Lieutenant F. Lester Smith, First Lieutenant Charles M. Saxelby, First 
Lieutenant Chandler Sprague, First Lieutenant John E. Theirault, Second Lieuteant 
Daniel O'Connell, Second Lieutenant J. Spence Phelps; Band Leader Leonard A. Plant, 
Headquarters Company; First Sergeant Charles W. Bailey, Company D; First Ser- 
geant Howard VV. Forester, Company A; First Sergeant Hugh L. Haddick, Company 
C; Mess Sergeant William W. Lewis. Company K; Sergeant Fred Bielaski, Machine- 
gun Company; Sergeant Jesse M. Bradley, Company C; Sergeant Samuel Caddell, 
Company K; Sergeant Percy Dashiell, Company I; Sergeant Fred. Gerk, Company L; 
Sergeant John H. E. Hoppe, Company K; Sergeant William E. Holmes; Sergeant 
Richard Loeschki, Company K; Sergeant Frank B. Lambi, Company E; Sergeant Leo 
C. McKenzie, Company G; Sergeant Marion D. Smith, Machine-gun Company; Ser- 
geant John W. Saxon, Company K; Sergeant John H. Shanahan, Company D; Sergeant 
Arthur Sabin, Machine-gun 'Company; Sergeant Henry McP. Tongue, Machine-gun 
Company; Corporal Howard A. King, Company H; Jeffrey B. Quante, Company F; 
Corporal Euelle Redmiles, Company F; Corporal John Raymond, Company E; Cor- 
poral Wyatte Smith, Company F; Corporal Clyde M. Tennyson, Company A; Wag- 
oner J. Carey, Supply Company; Cook Frank Gore. Company C; Bugler William T. 
Kreh, Company A; Bugler James Watts, Company C; Mechanic George L. Mason, 
Company A; First Class Private Charles A. Bechtold, Sanitary Depot. 

First Class Private J. Davey, Medical Department; First Clsas Priavte George A. 
Gipe, Jr., Company I; First Class Private Michael Muchan, Machine-gun Company; 
First Class Private William A. 'McKenzie, Sanitary Department; First Class Private 
Andy Youngbar, Company K; First Class Private Paul Zetak, Company F; Private 
Charles Edw. Brown, Company D; Private William E. Delss, Company H; Private 
William C. Davern, Company E; Private Frank F. Fleischmann, Company K; Private 
Joseph L. Getzel, Company H; Private Walter G. Grubb, Company D; Private Archie 
H. Heim, Company A; Private Archie A. Martin, Company I; Private John Noweiski. 
Company H; Private Osborne A. Peter, Company H; Private Charles A. Reasin, Com- 
pany D; Private Burkhardt, Jr., Company H; Private John L. Stearns, Company D; 
Private Joseph M. Shuttleworth, Company A; Private Adam Shopeck, Company H; 
Private Louis Sindler, Company H; Private David W. Turner. Company I; Private 
Reginald Walsh, Company H; Captain John R. Kaiser, Captain Thompson A. Lyon 
and Sergeant Oliver L. Bond, Company B; Sergeant Laban Baker, Company C; Ser- 
geant Forest L. Cathey, Company B; Sergeant Howard E. Coppersmith, Company C 
Sergeant John C. Magin, Company C; Sergeant Jennings B. Ossenton, Company D 
Sergeant Emmet L. Randolph, Company D; Sergeant Thomas J. Rouzie, Company D 
Sergeant O. L. Tucker, Company A; Sergeant William F. Woodward, Company B 
Corporal John R. Barry, Company A; Corporal David T. Drake, Company D; Corporal 
Herman T. Ortman, Company A; Saddler George T. Hill, Company D; Wagoner John 
C. Bolker, Headquarters Company; Wagoner John W. Cawley, Headquarters Com- 
pany; Wagoner William Foraker, Headquarters Company; Cook Vasadas Grites. Com- 
pany B; Private Everett M. Barrett, Company B; Private Wilbur T. Brownly, Com- 
pany B; Private Howard H. Ferrall, Company A; Private Webster D. Halstead. Com- 
pany B; Private Pearl C. Laughrey, Company B; Private Arnold Peterson, Company 
B; Private George F. Rowe, Company B; Private Paul T. Semones, Company C; Cor- 
poral Emil Reese, First Class Private Donald C. Greason, First Class Private Mitchell 
F. Lloyd and First Class Private Elwood E. Waller, Jr. 



ROSTER 



Lieutenant Colonel 
Markey, D. John 

Major 
Woodcock, Amos W. Vv'. 

Major 
Lee, Edward B. 

Major 
A'IcNicholas, Thomas G. 



Colonel 
Little, Charles A. 

Colonel 
Watson, Frederick B. 

Lieutenant Colonel 
Craighill, Robert E. 

Lieutenant Colonel 
Pope, William R. 

Lieutenant Colonel 
Mills, Willis E. 



FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS 

April 1, 191^) 

Colonel 
Reckord, Milton A. 

Major 
Rogers, Thornton 

Captain 
Henderson, George 

Captain 
Johnson, Harlan 

First Lieutenant 
Lilley, Mervyn E. 

First Lieutenant 
Payne, Herbert A. 

FORMER MEMBERS 

Lieutenant Colonel 

Morison. Charles R. W. 

Lieutenant Colonel 
Barrett, Henry S. 

Major 
ITancock. Frank A. 

Major 
Finley, Charles B. 

Major 
Eubank, William E. 



First Lieutenant 
Fearn, Richard L. 

First Lieutenant 
Phelps, Lawrence C. 

Second Lieutenant 
Cummings, Everett W. 

Seeond Lieutenant 
Walbrecher, Walter 



Major 
Lane, William P. 

Captain 
Fales, LeRoy S. 

First Lieutenant 
Brower, Bailey 

Second Lieutenant 
Moore, Wallace S. 

Second Lieutenant 
Geary. John J. 



Major Medical Corps 
Vanderhoff, Irving M. 

Captain Medical Corps 
Powell, Harvey C. 

Captain Medical Corps 
Hanigan, Roscoe S. K. 

Captain Medical Corps 
Poindexter, William O. 



MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 

Captain Medical Corps 
Stewart, Neville E. 
Captain Medical Corps 
Connelly, John J. 

Captain Medical Corps 
Edwards, Ernest V.- 

Captain Medical Corps 
Huff, Herbert W. 

First Lieut. Dental Corps 
Bratton, Daniel 



First Lieut. Dental Corps 
McLaughlin, Robert E. 

First Lieutenant Chaplain 
Reynolds, Frederick C. 

First Lieutenant Chaplain 
Moore, James A. 

First Lieutenant Chaplain 
McLaughlin, William F. 



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Major Medical Corps 
McCullough, John 

Major Medical Corps 
Miner, Donald 

Major Medical Corps 
Vinup, Frederick H. 

14 a j or Medical Corps 
Coleman, William J. 



Arnold, Marion 
Bauman, Wilmer A. 
Bechtold, Charles A. 
Bkieford, Roland A. 
Brewton, Cary J. 
Burns, Edgar R. 
Calton, James 
Carter, Hugh C. 
Corrigan, Patrick 
Creswell, John B. 
Crider, Walter A. 
Davy, Joseph P. 



Abbet, David R. 
Bauman, Leonard G. 
Biegel, Walter 
Carroll Bernnie 
Dawson, Frank 
Diamond, Allen L. 



Medical Department 

FORMER MEMBERS 

Captain Medical Corps 
Hutton, Daniel C. 

Captain Medical Corj's 
Mohr, Dwight H. 

Captain Medical Corps 
Van Blarcon, Harold 

First Lieutenant Medical 

Corps 
Woodruff, Caldwell 

ENLISTED MEN 



First Lieutenant Dental 

Corps 
Wood, William A. 

First Lieutenant Dental 

Corps 
Pancoast, Albert B. 

First Lieutenant Medical 
Corps 

Bagley, Raleigh 



Edd3', Percy F. 
Emerson, Edwin 
Fields, Thomas E. R. 
Frase, Earl 
Genoves, Philippe 
Harber, Seldon S. 
Helphinstine, Howard 
Hill, Robert C. 
Hitchcock, Jesse A. 
Hudson, John P. 
Hughes, Robert C. 
Hutton, James D. 



Janowisk, Walter J. 
Kazakas, Stamities 
Larson, Warren A. 
Lewis, Adalbert 
Lovett, Oliver 
Orphit, John 
Owens, Joseph 
Pearson, James B. 
Pendleburj', Frederick 
Pritchard, Austin B. 
Rafalsky, Nisei 
Ridenour, Russell 



Donnet, John 
Dumphy, Page M 
Flaherty, John J. 
Frey, John 
Keck, Edward B. 
Kelly, Franklin 



FORMER MEMBERS 

Kerter, John K. 
Lighter, Charles 
Lloyd, Thomas A. 
Maresca, Robert J. 
McKenzie, William 
Muchna, John 



Rokke, Charles 
Rossillon, Louis L. 
Schlimme, Leroy C. 
.Sommers, Charles 
Stewart, Warren C. 
Taylor. Ira 
Towns, Elmer A. 
Walters, Martin O. 
Weber, Matthew 
Wilson, Maynard D. 
Wright, Leo A. 
Henderson, Alpha L. 



Ocker John W. 
Reynolds Edward L. 
Sherman, John 
Thomas, Milton 
\Miite, Pinkney M. 
Wickert, Amiel 



Zimmerman, Stephen 



Captaiti 
Hewitt, Frank L. 

Captain 
Myers, Charles E. 

Captain 
Aldrich, Bruce E. 



SUPPLY COMPANY 

April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Bowersox, Francis C. 

First Lieutenant 
Oehrl, Harry W. 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowker, Charles D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Hill, Orval P. 



Second Lieutenant 
Geary, John J, 

Second Lieutenant 
Ragon, Theso P. 

Second Lieutenant 
Singleton, William C. 



Supply) Compani) 



ENLISTED MEN 



Abrams, Thomas B., Jr. 
Alcorn, Edwin G. 
Allamong, William A. 
Arnold, Andrew J. 
Baker, John D. 
Beaver, Courtney E. 
Becraft, Raymond E. 
Bennington, Walter E. 
Blalock, George B. 
Boward, William 
Bowhng, Millard F. 
Brown, James 
Brunke, Barney 
Buffin. James 
Burns. Ale.xander 
Burriss, Ollis 
Byrd, J. Bennett 
Caponic, William F. 
Carey, John P. 
Channel, Louis E. 
Clark, Amos S. 
Clater, Columbus E. 
Chimieiewski, Walter 
Cole. .Samuel J. 
Crews, James M. 
Crone, Cecil E. 
Connolly, Lawrence J. 
De Haven, Lawrence M. 
Dunlay. Floyd 
Duvall, Clarence F. 
Duvall. Norman H. 
Edwards, Richard 
Elliott, John 
Everhart, William 
Farrell, Thomas R. 
Fink, Frederick 
Fletcher, Charles R. 
Flood, John C. 
Forbeck, Frank W. 



Fowler, Charles H. 
Gemmill, Frank, Jr. 
Gerhardt, John 
Giddings, Grover C. 
Gladman, John V. 
Golden, Stanley 
Gregson, Richard 
Grant, William H. 
Griggs, John 
Groff, William 
Hahn, George 
Hall, Herbert R. 
Harkins. Hunbert P. 
Harris, Gordon W. 
Hartung, Edward T. 
Heissler, James E. 
Hopper, Francis 
Horton, Alby 
Howser, Earl 
Hubata, Frank J. 
Hughes, Cleveland 
Hughes, Ira 
Hulshart, Issac O. 
Jackson, Frank E. 
Jolly, Ora C. 
Jones, Frederick H. 
Jones, James B. 
Jones, John E. 
Judy, William C. 
Kiefer, Lemuel 
Knight, James L. 
Lane, Harry 
Larman. \\'illiam C. 
Levin, Herman 
Lewis, William W. 
Liebeck, Carl 
Lindner, Leonard W. 
Lizer, Samuel 



Lockwood, Theodore 
Lobus, Frank. 
McCurdy, Eugene R. 
McLaughlin, G. Albert 
McManus, Eugene V. 
Martinuzzi, John F. 
Mattingly, Raymond T. 
Mayhevv, Charles C. 
Milbauer, Harry E. 
Miller, Michael 
Miller, Walter R. 
Mills, Nathan T. 
Mills, William B. 
Miller, Charles F. 
Neal, Raymond 
Norton, Thomas W. 
O'Brien, John R. 
O'Malley, Joseph T. 
Owens, James R. 
Packie, Elmer H. 
Pakulski, James 
Parker, F'rederick T. 
Post, Lansing L. 
Plummer, Robert L. 
Price, Allan D. 
Purdue, Samuel 
Richards, Clark 
Rawlings, John R. 
Ritnour, Jiles 
Roberts, Henry 
Robey, George W. 
Robinett, John W. E. 
Sartors, George 
Schmitt, Louis G. 
Schobert, Erwin C. 
Schramm, Elmer J. 
Schwallenburg, John 
Sealses, Aldon 



Seward, Charles 
Seward, Richard 
Simmons, James 
Smith, Benjamin H. 
Smith, Keefer E. 
Smith, Robert L. 
Sprague, Reynolds J. 
Squires. John P. 
Stallings, Irving H. 
Stansbury, Frederick C. 
Stickline, John 
Strange, Garwood S. 
Strong, Charles E. 
Sullivan, Roy J. 
Summers, Joseph F. 
Sursell, Martin 
Sweeney, Sewell F. 
Swift, Walter L. 
Tayson, Clinton M. 
Tennyson, James E. 
Thomas, Charles 
Thomas, Wilbur D. 
Thorne, William 
Thompson, George 
Townshend, George 
Treadwell, Carl G. 
Trench. William, Jr. 
Trepolsky, Harry 
Tripp, William C. 
Trust, Herman 
Turner, John \'\'., Jr. 
Walker, Martin G. 
Warren, Charles R. 
Warthen, WiUard A. 
Watley, John C. 
Welch, Harry A. 
Worley, William T. 
Zuromski. Peter A. 
Zanjencousky, John 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Ammel, Charles S. 
Barnard, Robert E. 
Benton, Thomas 
Brayden, William 
Brennan, Harry E. 
Biscoe, Albert J. 
Bryan, Christopher M. 
Burns, Jesse L. 
Cameron, Paul H. 



Clark, George E. 
Collins, Thomas E. 
Crict, George 
Davey, Hugh 
Dallenger, Harry 
Ditto, Wijliam 
Dowling, Charles 
Dove, Raymond E. 
Ennis, Robert S. 



Eubank, Harry L. 
Funk, Frederick 
Flaherty, John J. 
Goski, William 
Grahe, Julius P. 
Harper, William 
Harmon, William H. 
Herting, William 
Herman, Henr5' W. 



Howard, George A. 
Howard, Grason 
Hyland, John E. 
Jennings, Charles E. 
Johnston, Joseph P. 
Kawecki, Jacob L. 
Koenecke, Harrj^ 
Kirby, Clarence 
Lampel, Charles S. 



Landers, Robert B. 
Lankford, Charles A. 
Lewis, James C. 
Mueth, Philip 
Mitchell, Elwood 
iVIiller, Harry 



Supply Companj) 



FORMER MEMBERS 
McMillian, Frank H. Schroeder, William 



Neuman, Amos 
Newcomb, Wilbur 
Parlett, William G. 
Petriller, Joseph 
Podlesney, Stephen 



Scott, Cyrus L. 
Smith, Edwin F. 
Schuman, Louis 
Schaffer, Alfred T. 
Souders, Fa3'ette B. 



Taylor, Richard 
Tropin, Bernard 
Towers, Elmer N. 
Wright, Kemp 
Williams, Charles 
Winkler, 



Wittington. Harold O. 



Captain 
Jarman, Carey 

Cap tain 
Jefferis, Charles R. 

Captain 
Wiegard, Bernard J. 

First Lieutenant 
Wier, John M., Jr. 

First Lieutenant 
Bennett, Charles L 



Adair, Burnay M. 
Allen, Rentford 
Anderson, Thomas L- 
Atherton, Carlysle W. 
Ball, Albert E. 
Basil, William H. 
Beyer, John H. 
Bennett, Andrew A. 
Boettcher, John E. 
Boucher, John L. 
Bowers, Kenneth 
Brady, Bernard M. 
Brady, Bernice 
Bright, Joseph 
Bromley, Wilson, Jr. 
Brown, John H. 
Burke, William H. 
Busby, Ben. T. 
Camp, Robert H. 
Campbell, William H. 
Carter, Arthur McD. 
Cecil, Hugh C. 



MACHIME GUN COMPANY 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Nimme, William F. 

Second Lieutenant 
Zenker, Charles W. 

Second Lieutenant 
Rowe, Raymond D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Cassell, Clair F. 

Second Lieutenant 
Parlett, Guy C, 

ENLISTED MEN 
Chambers, William N, Gadd, John M. 
Churchill, Glinnis C 
Clark, Frederick 



Clark, Samuel E. 
Cole, Howard E. 
Conn, James H. 
Copper, Elmer D. 
Cover, Herbert F. 
Crawford, Charles H 
Crawley, George A. 
Davidson, Joseph S. 
Davison, Arima S. 
Deaton, Matthew L. 
De Petris, Joseph 
Duyer, Colin F. 
Faust, William O. 
Fiesler, Howard M. 
Floyd, William J. 
Ford, Ernest J. 
Frank, Joseph E. 
Frazier, Samuel R., 
Frock, William B. 



Second Lieutenant 
Kaiser, John R. 

Second Lieutenant 
Solomon, Ralph 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowker, Charles D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Markham, Robert T. 

Second Lieutenant 
Dempsey, George A. 



Gebhardt, George J. 
Gingerick, Harry 
Glassburg, Ellis 
Goad, Cecil H. 
Gormley, Phillip P. 
Gortweitz, Andrew 
Gray, Lawrence E. 
Greve, Fred H. 
Grove, Henry N. 
Hallberg, Gustave 
Harkum, William U. 
Harshman, George 
Hawkins, James 
Hemby, Sam 
Hetzel, Earl H. 
Hej'ing, Louis 
Hilditch, Melvin 
Hill, Lee 

Hinton. Thomas E. 
Jr. Hoff, Louis M. 
Holden, Gary N. 



Hollinghead, Ben. F. 
Hopkins, Samuel E. 
Horton, Jesse F. 
Hoyt, James L 
Janiello, Ugo 
Kangas, Uno W. 
Keene, James A. 
Kimball, Charles H. 
Knepp, George F. 
Lannon, William E. 
Lassonde, Edward F. 
Lawson, Charles 
Long, George A. 
Maclnnis, Samuel W. 
McBride, John C. 
McGuckian, George C. 
McCallum, Ernest 
McMahon, James W. 
McNew, Wilbur H. 
Maddo.x, Dalton 
Menzica, Francisco 
Michael, James A. 



Machine Gun Company 



ENLISTED MEN 



Miller, George W. 
Miller, Harry W. 
Miller, Oliver 
Mitchell, John L. 
Moore, Robert L. 
Moran, John 
Nanny, Oliver 
Newkirk, Andrew M. 
O'Melia, James P. 
Panowitz, Thomas 
Parkinson, William H. 
Pasckiewiez, Thomas 
Petty, George 
PiUsbury, Clyde F. 
Pitts, Reuben C. 
Podell, Richard R. 
Poole, Willie B. 
Popham, George S. 
Porter, Edgar E. 
Posey, Lee A. 



Prather, Talmadge L. 
Price, John R. 
Pritchard, Fred D. 
Purk, Albert 
Purnell, Frank 
Raycraft, Joseph 
Quast, Herman 
Ringle, Glen W. 
Roenbeck, Frank A. 
Rogers, Howard H. 
Rose. Delford D. 
Russell, Herbert W. 
Russell, Jesse C. 
Sabin, Arthur 
Sadaukas, Vincent 
Saffran, Joe W. 
Sanders, Thomas F. 
Sandsbury, Edgar E. 
Schulz, Louis W. 



Scible, Gordon L. 
Shay, Daniel 
Shelangoskie, Stephen 
Shields, Francis E. 
Shipley, Harold B. 
Shupak, Louis V. 
Slepy, William 
Smart, Rowley F. 
Smith, Clifton J. 
Smith, Marion D. 
Soble, Lyman C. 
Spence, Henry J. 
Spence, William M. O. 
Standridge, Boyd 
Stewart, Alton E. 
Strange, Kenton W. 
Stroud. Harvey 
Sullivan, Daniel 
Swagler, James E. 



Thomas. George C. 
Tongue. Henry McP., Jr. 
Townsend. Hulbert P. 
Trasch, George 
Treadway, Wendall D. 
Trott, Walter R. 
Van Arnum, John R, 
Walter, George 
Waterfall, George 
Watts, Andrew 
Wayson, Wesley A. 
Weil. Otto N. 
White. Arthur B. 
Whitehead. Henry 
Whitehead. Mortimer 
Widger. Harvey E. 
William. Arthur 
Williams, Oscar 
Worthington, H. L 
Yates, Robert H. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Abbott, Ruth 
Ackinson. George W. 
Aldridge. George W. 
Ayres, Robert R. 
Barnes. Charles H. 
Barnett, John E. 
Barrett. Robert L. 
Basil. Thomas G. 
Bernstein. Samuel 
Bielaski, Fred 
Beck, Henry C. 
Boettcher. Henry J. 

Brady. Albert L. 
Brazil. Albert 

Breckenridge. Virgil H. 

Burdett, Harry M. 

Carr, Benjamin S. 

Cotras, Joseph F. 

Clark. Albert 

Claude, Laurence 

Conner, Jesse 

Creswell, John B. 

Daulbaug'h, Joseph B. 

Deckret, Alfred 

Coering, William C. 

Dolan, James T. 

Dyar, Ernest F. 



EUwood, Stephen C, Jr 
Emerson, E. 
Falice, Joseph S. 
Farris, Percy E. 
Fenwick, Thomas N. 
Fonara, Michael 
French. William H. 
Gladden, James M. 
Goodwin, James 
Graham, Joseph W. 
Graham, Thos. B. 
Green, Albert G. 
Grossman, A. J. 
Gunning, Andrew J. 
Hayden, Howard 
Hill, W. B. 
Holley, Andreas Z. 
Hollingsvvorth. Karl 
Johnson, Joseph R. 
Jamison, William E. 
Kohlhepp, R. C. 
Lackey, Charles W^ 
Lee. Augustus J. 
Lesnau, John N. 
Liberto, John 
Lutz, Tames A., Jr. 



McCrone, Samuel H. 
Mahoney, John M. 
Mattiozzi, Mariano 
Minton, Pat W. 
Mollow. Daniel 
Morris, Walter 
Muchanke, Michael 
Newton, Clarence O. 
Nicholson William G. 
Odendahl, Nathan O. 
O'Melia. Joseph 
Osburne. Edward R. 
Parker, B. A. 
Parkinson, Maximillian 
Phillips, Jeremiah 
Powell, Joseph F. 
Price, Willard T. 
Pronek, Jerry J. 
Puncheon, Chas. W. 
Rawlings. Frank T. 
Rigby. Robert 
Roberts, Thomas 
Rose, Steven C. 
Rowe. Francis J. 
Russell, George J. 
Scheeler, John B. 



Schell, Thomas E. 
Schofield, Samuel 
Shoopman, Other A. 
Smedley, Randle K. 
Smith, E. J. 
Smith. Howard 
Smith. James 
Spriggs, William H. 
Strange, Edward R. 
Swider, Kaiser 
Teeters, James 
Thayer, Harry L. 
Timmons. George W. 
Truitt. William B. 
Turner. Fulton 
Watwood, John W. 
Weber. William J. 
Vi'eeks, Raymond E. 
Welch. Richard O. 
White, Walter 
Wilson, Albert 
Wilson, Robert P. 
Wingate. William R. 
Wolfe. James W., Jr. 
Woodhouse, Allen C. 
Wioodward, Nicholas N. 
Yarbrough. Jesse G. 



209 



Major 
Rogers, Thornton 

Major 
Lane. William P. 

Captain 
Clark, Gaylord L. 

Cap ta in 
Henderson, George 

Captain 
Bush, John B. 

Captain 
Brossman, Harry B. 

Captain 
Oliphant, Orville D. 

Captain 
Voorhees, George W. 

Captain 
Purcell, Burgo 



HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
First Lieutenant 
Twamley, William A. 

First Lieutenant 
Barrick, Robt. F. 

First Lieutenant 
Pratt, John C. 

First Lieutenant 
Matthews, Newton 

First Lieutenant 
Parsons, William C. 

First Lieutenant 
Ecker, Frederic W. 

First Lieutenant 
Rutan, Abram R. 

First Lieutenant 
Roach, John H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Adair, Earl W. 



Second Lieutenant 
Moore, Wallace S. 

Second Lieutenant 
McColgan, Edward 

Second Lieutenant 
Widerman, John H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Philbin, Jos. J. 

Second Lieutenant 
Little, William G. 

Second Lieutenant 
Gilmore, Ralph P. 

Second Lieutenant 
Jones, Ralph 

Second Lieutenant 
HoUey, Andrew Z. 

Second Lieutenant 
Plant, Leonard A. 



Alexander, James S. 
Adams, Chas. A. 
Appel, John C. 
Archer, Frank S. 
Baker, James M. 
Barnewolt, Adolph M 
Baurahardt, August 
Baysinger, Russel V. 
Beck, John A. 
Becker. Chas. H. 
Bent, Sidney G. 
Bennett, William E. 
Biggs, James C. 
Blaney, Chas. E. 
Blankenship. Geo. 
Boddy, Ray 
Boyce, Harry 
Brannock, Fred 
Bowen, Lewis A. 
Blake, Arthur T. 
Brown, David W'. R. 
Brown, Lewis Y. 
Bryant. Chas. A. ■ 
Buckingham, Vernon 
Burch, Robt. E. 
Burgan, Alfred 
Brodeur, Romulus 



Cahill, William G. 
Callahan, Frank M. 
Catlin, Rupert W. 
Carter, Horace B, 
Cannon, Chas. B. 
Cerny, Frank J. 
P. Chapline, Lyle Del 
Chew, Irving R. 
Claffej^ George 
Clair, Francis A. 
Clark, Geo. R. 
Coleman, Robt. A. 
Conley, William H. 
Cooper, Howard 
Coppock, Frank A. 
Corbin, Frank N. 
Cowherd, Chas. L. 
Cromie, Chester M. 
Crowe, Sylvester G. 
Crump, David 
Cunningham, Francis 
Curtis, Howard F. 
Cohen, Michael 
H.Conner, Jesse E, 



ENLISTED MEN 

Chandler, Henry S. 
Daugherty, William R. 
Davis, Taylor 
Delphy, Ray G. 
Davine, James W. 
Di Benedetto, Riccardi 
Dobbins, William H. 
Dronenburg, Edward R. 
Dryden, Dixie D. 
Duke, John F. 
Dunbar, Sterling E. 
DuVal, John C. 
Dowis, Bonner G. 
Dickson, Harry A. 
Elias, Joseph F. 
Elkins, Fred L. 
Elliott, Jacob F. 
Ely, John J. 
Everett, Andrew J. 
Fair, Glenn 
Fangman, August B. 
Farretti, John 
Feeney, John J. 
Fenner. Cecil W. 
Ferrv, John P. 



Carren, Matthew F 

Constantine, William, H.Fishback, Earl 

Cartright, Ora E. Fisher, Walter F, 



Fitzpatrick, Robert 
Ford, John O. 
Ford, William B.. Jr. 
Fowler. Edward W. 
Francks. Louis E. 
Frederick, George 
Garner, Hall R 
Gayhardt, Elmer 
German. Harry B. 
Gladden, Harry R. 
Glatki. Stephen 
Glas. William 
Glidden, Albert L. 
Goodman, Elmer 
Graney, Carroll J. 
Green, Thomas 
Grover. Clarence 
Groves. Otis A. 
Gruber, John 
Gunther, Geo. P. 
Gurney, John F. 
Guler,' Harry H. 
Hall, Eugene B. 
Hall, Pierson U. 
Hall, William \A'. 
Hall, Enoch 
Hammer. Arthur 



Headquarters Companj) 



ENLISTED MEM 



Handley, John F. 
Hansen, Harold 
Harris, Theodore H. 
Harris, Walter 
Hartle, Levi M. 
Haske, John Raymond 
Hassleberger, Frank X. 
Hecker, Ike 
Heesh, Harry R. 
Henning, William F. 
Hill, Harry E. 
Hoffman, Lester E. 
Hoffman, Clarence W. 
Holley, Andrew A. 
HoIIinger, Algernon S. 
Hollinger, George 
Holm, Oscar 
Honeycutt, Edwin T. 
Hood, Walter F. 
Hook, Chas. J. 
Horton, Clarence E. 
Hulting, Samuel 
Hynson, William J. 
Iverson, W'ilhelm 
Lsensee, Chas. A. 
Jakubouski, Boleslau 
James, Irving 
Jenkins, Thos. W., 3d 
Jennings, Edward G. 
Jennings, John L. 
Jobowicki, James 
Johnson, Ben W. 
Johnson, Henry 
Johnson, Victor H. 
Johnson, William B. 
Jones, Willis 
Kesler, Hubert A. 
Kosley, Hubert A. 
Kimawski, Joseph 
Kinney, Roy 
Kosonovsky, Frank 
Koelhoffer. Leonard F, 
Kreypco, Piotrz 
Kroski, Stanislaws 
Kunze, Chas. F. 
Lafferty, Stewart C. 
Landers, Arch F. 
Lannan, Thos. C. 
Lambert, James E. 
Lang, William 
Laste, Edward 
Laude, Henry E. 



Lawrence, John C. 
Lawrence, Joseph 
Leigh, Russell W. 
Lemmerman, Henry C. 
Levinghouse, William E. 
Lightner, Byron A. 
Lilly, Medford G. 
Lindeman, Reinhardt R. 
Lindenmuth, Roy A. 
Little, William G. 
Logue, Jos. F. 
Long, Samuel 
Loraine, Toward M., Jr, 
Lorenz, Aloys 
Lusk, Isaac W. 
Luyet, Peter 
Lunday, Wm. B. 
McCall, William 
McClure, Edgar 
McLane, Terance J. 
AIcNamara, Robt. D. 
Maguire, Jerimiah 
Markland, David H. 
A'lartin, Robt. E. 
Martin, Richard I. 
Marble, James O. 
Mathias, Earl C. 
Matthias, Walter F. 
Mayes, John L. 
Mayeski, Anthony 
Meads, Leroy 
Mellott, Blair M. 
Aleshad, Chas. S. 
Meyer, Elmer R. 
Miller, John M. 
Miller, Orville R. 
Miller, William J. 
Miller, Filmore 
Mitcham, Barnes- 
Montgomery, Elmer G. 
Musgiller. Harrv F. 
McCloy, Ward O. 
Miller, Fillmore 
Miles, Ross J. 
Morris, Mark L. 
Nalbone, Joseph 
Nelson, Charley E. 
Nelson, James R. 
Nemecheck, Chas. T. 
Newton, Bryan 
North. Jos. A. 
Nothnagel, Carl O. 



Novak, Michael 
O'Brien, Thos. P. 
Olsen, Edward N. 
Onstott, Harvey O. 
Orr, Harry M. 
Osterburg, Gus. 
Owens, John 
Osborne, James H. 
Papin, Roscoe 
Partaker, Herman L. 
Peacock, Benjamin 
Pearson, William 
Peters, Lawrence E. 
Peterson, Michael 
Pfeifer, Edward A. 
Plant, Leonard A. 
Powell. Raymond 
Price, Haston T. 
Probst, Anthony J. 
Probst, Frederick 
Quarmby, James A. 
Rachow, Fred H. 
Raines, William F 
Reckord, Leland T. 
Reed, David A. 
Reese, Gerard J. 
Reid, Earl D. 
Reinhardt, Wm. A. M. 
Renner, Albert E. 
Rice, William W. 
Righter, Chas. H. 
Roberson, Robt. L. 
Rommal, Wm. P. 
Roeder, James E. 
Ridgeway, John B. 
Ross. Francis J. 
Rogers, Wilson, Jr. 
Rodgers, Mike 
Rottioff. Henry 
Rowe, Chas. 
Rubano, Benny 
Ruby, Grayson B. 
Russell, George T. 
Rust. Loice M. 
Rzepecki, John Michael 
Rocha, Silvino 
Savage, John W. 
Smith. William J. 
Scholl, Adam Randolph 
Sacrey, Joseph L. 
Springirth, Carl B. 
Snively, Robt. M. 



Smith, Herman 
Spreckelmeyer, Geo. A. 
Stickell. Paul H. 
Seward, Pere F. 
Skelly, John 
Sheridan, Joseph 
Shipley, Andrew R. 
Schrumpf, McKinley H. 
Schwemmer, Charles R. 
Shanahan, Frank M. 
Shayte, Moses 
Sheckells, Chas. R. 
Smith, Miriam E. 
Smith, Oden B. 
Stottlemyer, James R. 
Sterling, Elton M. 
Steadman, Azie L. 
Stewart, Clarence V. 
Siegel, David 
Steiger, Lawrence L. 
Szczeszek, John 
Szulczewski, Frank 
Sykes, Earl 
Simmons, Paul E. 
Soderstrom, Carl Geo. 
Shallenberger. Jos. C. 
Salter, James M. 
Scarborough, Stanley 
Shropshire, Oraly O. 
Siegert, Edward H. 
Sullivan, Wlilliam R. 
Shipley, John A. 
Scarcelli, Frank 
Sweeney, Raymond L. 
Schultze. Benjamin H. 
Staples. Earl R. 
Tabarrini, Ascanio 
Taylor, Henry C. 
Taylor, John H. 
Tate, John A. 
Thompson. Howard B. 
Turner, Frank H. 
Trappa, William 
Trennor, Rufus 
Thompson, William 
Townsend, Walter A. 
Trimble, Curtis F. 
Trimm, Jeff L. 
Uhler. Marcellus H. 
Velozo, Manuel V. 
Valdivia, Arlie 
Vaughan, Herman 



Headquarters Company 



Van Liere, Leonard 
Vest, Elmer R. 
Vredeveld, Henry 
Waul, Jesse E. 
Wagner, John R. 
Wagner, John 
VValdmier, Clarence 



Austin, Earl B. 
Abott, Raymond R. 
Ammel, Chas. S. 
Arnold, Linton B. 
Arthur, James H. 
Anderson, Charles W. 
Adair, Barney M. 
Ballman, Harry R. 
Blankenship, Chas. R. 
Bortle, Joseph 
Brewer, Thomas 
Bangs, Lester 
Balser, Louis 
Bryant, Doring M. 
Blank, Casey 
Barrett, James 
Blocker, George 
Brice, David 
Bizah, Joseph 
Bower, Christian 
Breden, Reginald 
Billmeyer. Arthur 
Bowen, Melvin 
Brill, Talbard 
Buckman, William 
Brocate, Charles 
Barrett, Grover C. 
Bulock, Daniel 
Brown, Frank M. 
Bullington, Emmitt 
Burns, Denis 
Bennett, Moris W. 
Bierman, William A. 
Claude, Laurenz 
Cummins, Archer B. 
Cole, Frank 
Chetminiak, Frank 
Casey, Joseph M. 
Cutshaw, Thomas 
Czlepinski, Joseph 
Corbett, Victor 
Clark, John D. 



ENLISTED MEN 
Walker, Forrest L. VVhaley, Peter W. 

Welch, Harper H. Whitney, Trone H. 

White, Atarion VYfebb. Sherman J. 

Wawrzyniak, Ben. W. Wilson, Roger R. 
Winiarski, Wladyslau Wolf, Chester T. 
Weaver, William H. Willing, Walker J. 
Warfield, Wm. H. Wright, Wilson 

Zellers, Leslie 



Wegant, Frederick P. 
Willey, Wm. G. 
White, Raymond A. 
Yushkewicz, Vincent 
Yates, Clarence 
Yunkes, Charles E. 
Zarensky, Alexander 



FORMER 
Collins, Clarence 
Coulter, John H. 
Cohen, Edward A. 
Corkran, Norman H. 
Cornell, Loran W., Jr. 
Capezio, Marion 
Carr, Leon L. 
Calabress, Carl 
Dunphey, Charles H. 
Duff, Jesse L. 
Davis, Homer 
Disney, LeRoy 
Dennisson, Jesse 
Dunphy, Leo A. 
Dalesicky, Joseph 
Davis, Carey 
Dunn, Paul W. 
Dyas, Joseph C. 
Durkee, Harry B. 
Daugherty, Roland 
Dickson, Grover 
Edde, Chester 
Eisenberg, Herman 
Eisendradt, Chas. 
Emely, Palmer T. 
Eichelberger, Lawrence 
Foxwell, Dawson 
Finnerty, Thomas 
Freeberger, Edward 
Finster, Walter 
Fosset, Harold G. 
Forsythe, Joseph 
Gardner, Murray M. 
Gosnell, Clinton B. 
Gonzales, Clemet J. 
Gardner, Grover A. 
Grimm. Jesse 
Grimes, Joseph C. 
Glenn, John W. 
Hoffman, William V. 
Hesse, Frederick 
Hartle, Russell V. 



MEMBERS 
Hartman, Lloyd J. 
Hoffman, Joseph D, 
Harrell, Ernest L. 
Haber, Irvin 
Holm, Oscar 
Hallberg, Gustave 
Hoff, Louis 
Harrison, Albert E. 
Holka, Max 
Hubsta, Frank 
Holt, Harry D. 
Hubbard, Robert M, 
Hoover. John H. 
Hossbach, Joseph A 
Higinbothom, John 
Hoot, Paul L. 
Illian, Charles F. 
Johnson, Norwood 
Johnson, John A. 
Jones, Henry R. 
Jones, Alonzo 
Jarrett, Louis 
Kennedy, Patrick 
Kierman, Joseph 
Kangas, John 
Korzuchowski. Stani 
Kelly, Charles T. 
Kordell, James 
Keating, Thomas 
King, James B. 
Loane, Frank 
Landers, Robt 
Lulie, Jos. 
Lashley, Ralph 
Lowry, James E. 
Lehnert, Edgar C. 
Lane, Chas. S. 
Lee, Hugh M. 
Moore, John E. 
McCauley, Eugene 
McCracken, George 
Mayo, Archer 



Miner, Allan F. 
Marriott, William W. 
Morgan, Chas. E. 
Martin, John H. 
McCabe, Francis 
Medlin, Edward J. 
Machneer, R. C. 
Mason, Augustus S. 
McDermott, Edward 
Martin, Edward H. 
Moore, Augustus 
McCarty, Prentiss 
Mathis, Robt. E. 
McKinley, Lloyd R. 

B. Nichols, Melvin E. 
Nelson, Lawrence 
Nikonchuk, Mike 
O'Keefe, Thos. J. 
O'Brien, John R. 
O'Brien, William 
Orndorf, Charles 
Perry. Thos. WL 
Peterson, Norman E. 
Payne, Stanford L 
Paul, Warren C. 

slas Pistoric, James 
Price, Levin 
Parthree, Howard 
Parrett, John C. 
Porter. Birdeen 
Pate, Charles L. 
Phillips, Jeremiah 
Purcell. John B. 
Pound, Floyd J. 
Ramhoff, Harry 
Renner, Louis 
Reechel, Otto 
Robier, Samuel 
Ritchie. Harry R. 
Rice, Rueger R. 
Rosewag, Adam J. 
Royston, Wilber K. 



Headquarters Companj) 



Radke, Arthur 
Roth, Lloyd I. 
Rausenbauch, Louis 
Scott, Edward 
Shepard, Arthur C. 
Schmitt, Louis G. 
Silveston, Max 
Swingler. Andrew 



FORMER MEMBERS 
Shinnick, Andrew N. Thorington, Robert 



Stone, Joseph C. 
Sindall, Vernon 
.Sanford, Frederick A. 
Swift, Wallace L. 
Stewart, Chelton C. 
Taylor, Jesse 
Timmons, Frank J. 



Thompson, George 
Tinsley, Nelson N. 
Traynor, Irvin 
Toole, Francis 
Tischa, Frank 
Vermillion, John L. 
Vogts, Chas, H. 



Vanhooser, Arlie N. 
Vogel, Clarence 
Worthington, James D. 
Wolford, Chas. G. 
Wilkinson, James G. 
Worthington, T. C. 
Whitehead, Thomas C. 
Zukowski. Wladyslaw 



Zindell, Richard E. 



Cal>tain 
Munshower, Elmer F. 

First Lieutenant 
Davis, Foster B. 

First Lieutenant 
Marsh, Paul E. 



COMPANY "A" 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Smith, Frederick L. 

First Lieutenant 
Moison, Phillip M. 

First Lieutenant 
Perkins, B. W. 



First Lieutenant 
Mackall, Milton B. 

Second Lieutenant 
Menard, Henry G. 

Second Lieutenant 
Martin, William H. 



ENLISTED MEN 



Adelsberger, Joseph D. 
Allen, Harry S. 
Ambrosio, Vincenze 
Appel, Louis C. 
Baker, Ivis O. 
Barrow, Samuel W. 
Barsdes, Anthony E. 
Bell, James H. 
Bermunzio, Giovanni 
Benzinger, John C. 
Billingsly, Ira 
Blackwell, Thomas B. 
Blank, Casey 
Blevins, Herbert 
Bonamassa, Anthony D 
Boyd, Harry R. 
Brady, John 
Brengle, Joseph C. 
Britz, George H. 
Bruce, Joseph F. 
Brust, Millard M. 
BuUin, Prior 
Bulman, William F. 
Burt, Charles D. 



Calwell, Daniel S. 
Cannon, Irvin V. 
Capezio, Marion 
Carter, J. Burton 
Cater, Walker 
Causey, Willie C. 
Chaffee, Ross J. 
Chubbuck, William O. 
Clark, J. Delano 
Coleman, Marion R. 
Clary, William L. 
Conley, Albert 
Conway, James V. 
Cramer, William H. 
.Crane, George L. 
Crane, John A. 
Crum, Edgar 
Currier, Henry D. 
Davis, Homer 
Dees, John L. 
Dieter, Harry F. 
Dinterman, Robert M. 
Doan, John H. 
Driskill, Robert E. 



Dudek, Frank H. 
Duncan. Walter C. 
Dunsing, Clarence L. 
Edick, Harry 
Ellis, Benjamin 
Ely, Ezra 
Esterly, Russell P. 
Farmer, Thomas A. 
Farraro, Vincenzo, 
Felix, Joseph W. 
Fett, Albert C. 
Fine, Rocco 
Fisher, Robert C. 
Fishman, Edwin K. 
Fritzpatrick, Terence 
Fogarty, James R. 
Fogle, Earl T. 
Fogle, William J. 
Ford, Charles F. 
Francassi, Angelo 
French, Logan 
Frank, Ludwig J. 
Fuller, Charles E. 
Funk, Daniel 



Forrester, Howard 
Gall, David D. 
Godwin, Harry L. 
Grove, Philip M. 
Grevley, John A. 
Greason, Walter M. 
Gregg, Jesse O. 
Griffin, William R. 
Grimes, Joseph C. 
Guide, Alesantro 
Hahn, William E. 
Hammond, Paul B. 
Hanssen, George A. 
Hantz. John J. 
Hardy, Clark 
Hawes, Charles G. 
Holdfield, Fess 
Helm, Archie E. 
Hershberger, John 
Hobina, Steve 
Hoofman, Charles W. 
Houck, Theodore B. 
Johnson, Sam 
Kalmine, Harry M. 



Company "A" 



ENLISTED MEN 



Kean, Isaac B. 
Kell, Louis M. 
Keefer, Frank J. 
Kemp, Charles L. 
Keeny, William B. 
Kesecker, Dayton E. 
Kidd, Bradley M. 
Kidd, Joseph 
King, Arthur F. 
King, George F. 
King, Richard B. 
Kline, Charles E. 
Konrad, John 
Kowalski, Joseph 
Kreh, Louis V. 
Kreh, William T. 
Kreitz, John C. 
Kuegler, Frank L. 
Kurilovich, George 
Latino, Jueseppi 
Lawler, Clyde 
Lingnau, Edwin W. 
Livering, Daniel E. 
Lombardi, Charles 
Long, George M. 
Lucke, Frank H. 
Mann, Ray 
Mason, George A. 
MdCleaf, Carroll B 



McCoy, Thomas W. 
McKay, Brady R. 
McKay, Claude E 
McQuaid, Edward F. 
Mercer, William A. 
Meshaka, Joseph 
Meek, Charles O. 
Miller, Wilbur H. 
Morris, Slater H. 
Mossburg, Preston E. 
Michmovitz, Morris H 
Mischler, George T. 
Mullon, Charles E. 
Mullican, George 
Myers, Lester E. 
Melillo, Anthonio 
Niemeyer, Edward C. 
Oden, Rufus L. 
Oehling, Walter 
Orick, James T. 
Patterson, George E. 
Perelman, Harry 
Petty, Willis 
Poole, Charles I. 
Puckett, Otis 
Rajewski, John 
Rasanen, Sam 
Rasberry, James E. 
Ray, Allen 

Youn, 



Rayfield, Willord O. 
Rinehart, Vane H. 
Robinson, Joseph D. 
Rockwell, Thomas A. 
Rosson, Fred H. 
Rottman, Samuel 
Sarantokos, Milton 
Scardapane, Tony 
Schaefer, Adam 
SchoU, Mehrl P. 
Sellman, Roger H. 
Severson, Byalmar 
Shaw, Harry F. 
Shopp, John B. 
Shipley, Harry M. 
Showe, James A. 
Shuttleworth, Joseph M 
Small, Frank R. 
Spalding, Horace F. 
Spurrier, Raymond J. 
Stanton, Allen W. 
Steiner, Rudolph 
Stern, Edward 
Stiff, Eugene C. 
Stine, Lloyd T. 
Stockman, Millard F 
Stoner, Louis H. 
Streit. Albert A. 
Suck. George E. 
Harry A. 



Smith, Lloyd 
Summers, Thomas B. 
Sweeney, Anthony M. 
Sweeney, Demis 
Talley, Charles W., Jr. 
Temple, Albert C. 
Tennyson, Clyde M. 
Terry, Thomas G. 
Thomas, Irman R. 
Thomas Joseph A. 
Tintenfish, Sam 
Trefethen, Fred H. 
Turner, Benjamin E. 
Tropin, Bernard 
Umbaugh, Everett 
Wachter, Alonza G. 
.Wageman, George . 
Wallade, Irving I. 
Walsh, Grover C. 
Weaver, Sam 
Weikert, Earl J. 
Whitty, William 
White, Otis E. 
Wilbur, Ernest 
Wiles, Harry D. 
Wilkerson, Albert E. 
^^'inskowski, William R. 
\\'ooley, John T. 
Worthington, R. A. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Akers, Byron 
Anders, Guy 
Augustine, Frank J. 
Barber, Louis 
Barnes, Elias R. 
Barrick, Robert F. 
Barnett. Dudley K. 
Barretta, Louis 
Beck, George 
Bell, Irvin I. 
Bell. Harry 
Bennett, Andrew 
Belisle, Edward 
Benton, Frank 
Biggs, Arthur E. 
Bunke, William 
Burnett, Holland H. 
Bourbon, Jerome L. 



Busch, Raymond E. 
Brown, George A. 
Brown, Forrest N. 
Cannon, Charles B. 
Cahill, William G. 
Carroll, John E. 
Carter, Malster 
Carwell, Edmund 
Clazey. William F. 
Crum, William E. 
Crum, Clarence G. 
Commings, William 
Cullender, Richard 
Curran, Edgar A. 
Clen, Lloyd W. 
Cockrell, Guy B. 
Colbert, William F. 
Cole, Charles E., Jr. 



Crone, Charles F. 
DePuey, Raymond J. 
Dertzbaugh, William 
Doering, William G. 
Duorr, George J. 
Dronenburg, Edward 
Disney, LeRoy 
Eaton, Ralph W. 
Edie, Chester 
Elder, Francis X. 
Evans, George W. 
Eyler, Raymond 
Eyler, Benjamin 
Farley. Francis J. 
Ford, George D. 
Fox, Harvey R. 
Fountain, John C. 
Flaherty, Martin L- 



Flack, Benjamin 
Frank, John I. 
Frank, Albert E. 
Freeze, Edgar H. 
Gall, John J. 
R.Gannon. Albert B. 
Garrett, Lockwood L. 
George, James 
Grove. Frank E. 
Gosnell, Clinton B. 
Glazer, Benjamin 
Grahe. Julius P. 
Grimes, Herman L. 
Hammond, Donald A. 
Harris. Gordan W. 
Hann, William O. 
Herman, John 
Helfeinstein, E., Jr. 



Company A 



Herr, Robert M. 
Hoffman, Lester E. 
Houck, John F. 
Hunter, Robert L. 
Hunter, William M. 
Jackson, George 
Kessler, Harry A. 
Kobokivich, Alex 
Knill, H. L. 
Logue, John R. 
Manning, A. L. 
Macacari, James 
Marcino, Thomas 
Matthias, Rollandus S 
Mahew, Joshua 
Meisner, John A. 

Bowers. Hall B. 
Bruchey, Harry VV. E. 
Brown, Leo 
Clamans, Anthony 
Cauttero, Edgio 
Daum, Edwin 
Deming, John G. 
Dibenedetto. R. 
Dolan, James C. 
Doyle, Joseph 
Fink, Nathan 
Foglia, Martin 
Goldberg, Samuel 
Haley, Martin 
Hansen, Axel E. 



FORMER 
McLane, Terrence J. 
Miller, George M. 
Misaraco, Angelo 
Myers, Clarence E. 
McGuigan, Charles H. 
Namuth, Wesley C. 
Newton, James C. 
Nichola, Melvin E. 
Norton, Thomas A. 
Nutter, Herbert B. 
Nutter, F. W. 
Owens, Joseph 
Peterson, Joseph S. 
, Phebus, Lawrence E. 
Paline, Oliver D. 
Price, Willard L. 

Hochschild, Walter 
Hill, Lee 

Hodge, William L. 
Impheliazzo, G. 
Jester, Vincent 
Jones, E. P. 
Kelley, Charles 
Kilbride, Harry 
Lacardo, A. 
Livote, J. 
Miller, Percy L. 
O'Brian, John A. 
Pestone, J. 
Pinsker, C. 
Pitts, Reuben C. 



MEMBERS 

Quandt, Norman A. 
Rebbert, Frank 
Reisfsnider, Robert 
Rothenfoefer, Chas. R. 
Roach, Tyman 
Rumoser, Harry W. 
Sauer, Norman 
Shankle, William R. 
Sarrer, Charles L 
Sigafoose, Wilber S. 
Sinball, Vernon M. 
Smith, S. F. 
Smith, Oden B. 
Stone, Charles A. 
Stalley, Charles N. 
Sterling, Ernest 

Piras, Frank 
Reed, B. R. 
Reff, Isaac 
Rice, Roger R. 
Roe, William T. 
Rushing, L. 
Sappington, Lyman 
Scmidt, A. G. 
Scheindeig, A. 
Schmidt, Harry S. 
Sheegs, Roy E. 
Sheppard, A. C. 
Socia, A. E. 
Smith, Oscar E. 
StuU. Raymond L. 



Thompson, William 
Taylor, John H. 
Tennyson, Joseph E. 
Trieschman, George 
Trout, George W. 
Traynor, Irvin 
Vomaseek, Frank 
Wachter, Calvin W. 
Walker, Charles F. 
Webb, John R. 
Wigley, Raymond 
Wiles, David L. 
Wilmer, Millard M. 
Wingate, W. R. 
Warfield, William H. 
Yinger. Charles F. 

Spriggs, William L. 
Swinson, B. L. 
Swindler, Kailser 
Schormack, John 
Tate, Clifford 
Thackery, Raymond W. 
Voluse, Fitzhugh U. 
Voluse, Charles R. 
Walters, William M. 
Webber, Joseph 
Walker. William R. 
White, Walter 
White, Harold C. 
Yarbough, Jesse 



Captain 
Harward, Winfield H. 

First Lieutenant 
Hagan. Harry L. 

First Lieutenant 
Ayers, Joseph A. 

First Lieutenant 
Ransone, Richard J. 

First Lieutenant 
Lane, John C. 



COMPANY "B" 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
First Lieutenant 
Perkins, Boyd W. 

First Lieutenant 
Stanwood, Henry C. 
First Lieutenant 
Webb, Harry L. 

Second Lieutenant 
McLeod, John 



Second Lieutenant 
Douglas, Stephen A. 

Second Lieutenant 
Barrick, Robert F. 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowers. James H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowker, Charles D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Theriault, John E. 



Company) B" 



Aho, Erick 
Albert, Anthony 
Amelung, Edward M. 
Angelo, Guiseppo 
Anthony, Joseph D. 
Arnold, Ferdinand H. 
Arnold, HoUis 
Athey, Edward B. 
Bartman, Edward B. 
Battkowski, Victor S. 
Baughman, Ralph B. 
Bedard, Frederick H. 
Bentz, William A. 
Bennett, Jeff 
Bivona, Andrew 
Boward, Ralph 
Brown, William A. 
Brovakus, Peter G. 
Buck, Otto 
Buisse, Harry 
Burgess, Preston C. 
Campbell, Stanley L. 
Catterton, Arthur S. 
Castequetta, Secordo 
Cauffman, L,eon P. 
Cavahey, John T. 
Chaffman, David 
Chemitsky, Benjamin 
Chevallier, Eli 
Cohen, David 
Colman, George R. 
Colman, Rufus M. 
Colombo. Charles C. 
Cornell, Isaac F. 
Compton, John 
Crawford, George F. 
Crisler, George W. 
Curran, William M. 
Danielson, Oscar 
Daubert, William G. 
Davis, William E. 
Dellagassa, Gabriele 
Dilday, Claude T. 
Di Pasquali, Philip 
Donegan, John J. 
Donigan, Luke J. 
Douglas, Rudolph E. 
Drager, Frank H. 
Duke, John F. 
Eavey, Guy Z. 
Easterday, Russell C. 
Eichelberger, L,. E. 



ENLISTED MEN 
Elgin, Harry C. Kendall 

Elliott, Homer 
England, Millard E. 
Erickson, Samuel 
Erzig, William 
Feighley, Harry F. 
Fizer, Joseph M. 
Flynn, Robert E. 
Foster, Milling G. 
Fraley, Carl 
French, Gordon M. 
French James R. 
Frey, George W. 
Frey, Houston R. 
Frisch, Phillip C. 
Fuller, Curtis M. 
Fuller, Harold R. 
Fulmer, Harry A. 
Fusir, Felix 
Gabrys, Frank J. 
Gardiner, William S. 
Goldsboro, Floyd W. 
Gouff, Harry E. 
Grey, Charles W. 
Goodwin, James T. 
Green, John J. 
Grimm, Paul W. 
Grove, John R. 
Gunnells, George W. 
Gustitus, Joseph 
Hammershaug, Alfred 
Hamby, Elija 
Harbaugh, Clarence E 



Daniel W. 
Killmurry, William M 
King, Ames T. 
Knight, Harry H. 
Klein, Fred C. 
Korzuchowski, S. 
Krzynowski, Tony 
Kuhn, John J. 
Lunz, Thomas W. 
Levine, Reuben 
Lowery, Leiter D. 
McCauley, Eugene E. 
McCleary, Carl H. 
McFadden, Owen H. 
A^IcGinley, Joseph L. 
Mackowisk, John 
Martin, James J. 
Mathews, John C. 
Maurath, Wilbur M. I 
Michaelski, John 
Miller, Irvine S. 
Miller, Luther M. 
Mobley, Charles L. 
Mohler, Howard A. 
Morris, Walter 
Moulton, Joseph L. 
Munson, Harry W. 
Munson, WjUiam C. 
Murray, Bernard J. 
Neimi, Elias 
Neary, William J. 
Norton, Everett 
Osborne, James M. 



Harpstrieth, Edward W.Owens, Dalton 



Hathorn, Sam 
Heefner, Rhodney P 
Heefner 

Herrin, Charles R. 
Hill. Waldo E. 
Hiob, George R. 
Hlava, George 
Hlavinka, Albert T. 
T-Tolehan. Carroll 
Hose, Brinton A. 
Houser, Ernest W. 
Houser, Max P. 
Hunt, Irvine S. 
Jaszkowski. Bennie 
Johann, Albert N. 
Johnson, Reed W. 
Joiner, Benjamin E. 
Tones, Albert 



Palmer, Clarence E. 
Palmore, Garland W. 
Parks, Thomas W. 
Pick, Frederick A. 
Podsnick, Charles J. 
Powell, Reno S. 
Rago, Nicholas 
Reinholdt, Frederick 
Rena, Angelo 
Reno, Robert C. 
Reumer, Henry 
Rider, Ulysses G. 
Roehm, John M. 
Rohrback, Harold J. 
Ross, Darwin O. 
Rowland, Charles R. 
Rubin, Ezy 
Rumfield, Minor 



Rush, John 

Sacker, Claud W. 

Sadtler, Allan P. 

Sauer, Norman W. 

Sayles, Albert N. 

Scheufele, Henry J. 

Schindel. George L. 

Schaeffer, Clarence E. 

Shank, Bruce A. 

Shaper. Reginald H. 

Shelly, William L. 

Shettle, John G. 

Shoemaker. George D. 

Shock, John B. 

Shortt, Clarence E. 

Shine, Hyman 

Skopp, Adam 

Smith, Edward B. 
..Smith, Joseph 

Smith, Joseph E. 

Smith, Phillip F. 

Snyder, David F. 

Stanton, Melvin 
.Stauffer, Charles A. 

Stoops, Clarence E. 

Stonebraker, Richard D. 

Stroop. Sanford C. 

Stupack. Leo P. 
Sutton, Samuel R. 
Swain, Joseph C. 

Swain, Olvie T. 
Thibeau. Wilford J. 
Thompson. Elmer L. 
Tolbert. Sam 
Torre. Andrea 
Underwood, Edward L. 
Vair. James H. 
Ward. Robert E. 
Weaver. Samuel 
Wlhaley. Benajah 
Whitt. Willie E. 
Wight. William L. 
Wilcox. Harry R. 
Wilson. Bowman 
Worthey. Roy F. 
Yates. William P. 
Young, Lewis F. 
Young. Ward 
Zaller. New 
Zeigler. George F. 
Zlodi, Matt 



216 



Company B 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Applegarth Frank 
Artz, Bruce A. 
Austin, Earl B. 
Barber, Louis Mc. 
Barber, Scott A. 
Baker, Allan D. 
Bedford, Robert C. 
Bell, Charles E. 
Betts, Jonas E. 
Bildner, Charles H. 
Biscoe, Albert J. 
Biser, John L. 
Blade, Eric E. 
Bortle, Joseph S. 
Boward, WSlbur 
Bowers, Charles H. 
Bowen, James 
Bowersocks, Francis 
Boyd, John E. 
Brannock, Charles V 
Breakall, Lloyd W. 
Brown, Joshua D. 
Burkehardt, Howard 
Burns, Clayton G. 
Burns, James E. 
Burns, Noel L. 
Cameron, Paul H. 
Cave, Lynn M. 
Clark, Donald P. 
Clubb, Leon R. 
Cox, George R. 
Creek, George 
Dailey, Bernard K. 
Dallam, Harry E. 
Deitz, Wilfred D. 
Deivel, Russell 
Doyle, Francis J. 
Downs, David C. 



Dunlap, Worley H. 

Ebline, George J. 

Evens, Cecil R. 

Everly, John VV. 

Faugharder, John F. 

F'eeney, John J. 

Gallagher, John L. 

Garrish, Frank P. 

Getty, John C. 

Gleaner, Samuel R. 

Golden, Stanley W. 

Greenberg, Sam 

Gross, George L. 

Grover, Clarence 

Guesford, Wilbur G. 

Hanes, Charles 

Hartle, Calvert K. 
C, Hartle. Russell E. 

Hebb, Richard C. 

Hensley, Jack 

Hepps, Charles H. 

Hesse, Frederick 
E. Hill, Harry E. 

Hodden, Howard H. 

Hollinger, George 

Holmes, Richard S. 

Honeycutt, Edwin T. 

Hopkins, Lesley 

Hovermill, Edgar F. 

Hurd, Harry F. 

Hutzell, Ellsworth 

Itnyre, Jacob S. 

Johnson, Joseph A. 

Jones, Charles C. 

Kendall, Edwin H. 

Kendall, Henry O. 

Kepner, William J. 

Killmurry, Bernard V. 



Kirschner, Francis 
King, Albert 
Klein, Fred G 
Kline. Charles R. 
Kramer. Charles R. 
Kriedler, Charles B. R. 
Kohler, Milton L. 
McCurdy, Eugene 
McClellan, Chester S. 
McGreevy, David S. 
McGreggor, Robert C. 
McKinley. William H. 
McLaughlin, George A. 
Margukalas, George H. 
Marks, Clarence M. 
Marshall. Edwin W. 
Martin, Edward B. 
Martin. Harry B. 
Mathews. Leo J. 
Maxwell, William T. 
Michael. Austin G 
Miller, John S. 
Miller, William J. 
Minor, Allan P. 
Morrison, Harry E. 
Mullendore. Jacob A. 
Munson, Luther B. 
Murray, Chester 
Murray, Fred 
Moel, John W. 
Nussaem, Henry A. 
Orcutt, Lawrence C. 
Osborne, Thomas J. 
Polous, James P. 
Price, Roy M. 
Ray. John G. 
Reid, Chester W. 
Repp, Albert H. 



Richardson, George E. 
Ridenour. Robert G. 
Ripkin, John M. 
Rohrer, Fred 
Schwartz, Joseph E. 
Serio, Samuel W. 
Sloan, Carter S. 
Smith, Howard 
Smith, Lawrence E. 
Smith, Paul H. 
Smith, Russell C. 
Smith. Talbot B. 
Smoot, Vernon A. 
Stahl, Walter 
Staufifer, George L. 
Steinfelt. Arunah B. 
Stone, Joseph C. 
Stockslager, Robert M. 
Stottlemeyer, Chester L 
Stottlemeyer, Harry E. 
Stride, Robert G. 
Swanson, Andy G. 
Templeton, William B. 
Tennyson. Joseph E. 
Tessin, Henry F. 
Thompson, Ed. 
Tyrie, John L. 
Vair, William 
Valentine. John S. 
Van Den Heuvel, John 
Virts, Lloyd V. 
Wagner, Daniel 
Watkins, Edward L. 
Wieisberg, Max 
Williams. Joseph L. 
Womack, William C. 
Zimmerman. Edward B. 
Zindell. Richard E. 



Captain 
Moisan, Phillip K. 

Captain 
JilcXicholas, Thomas G. 

Captain 
Jamieson, Howard H. 

Captain 
Beers, Theodore 

Captain 
Hirsch, Howard 

First Lieutenant 
Ruttan, Abram 



COMPANY "C 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Compton, Cecil A. 

First Lieutenant 
Twamble}-, Wilhain 

First Lieutenant 
Phelps, Spence 

First Lieutenant 
Saxelby, Charles 

First Lieutenant 
Wilson, Donald 

First Lieutenant 
Phelps, Lawrence C. 



First Lieutenant 
W^ebb, Harry L. 

First Lieutenant 
Boyle, James B. 

Second Lieutenant 
Theriualt, John E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Jones, Ralph E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Harrington, E. C, Jr. 

Second Lieutenant 
Cummings, Everett W. 



ENLISTED MEN 



Adair, Wattie M. 
Alberts, Guy C. 
Allen, Douglas 
Arnold, Martin L. 
Ayers, John W. 
Baginski, Wadyslaw 
Baker, Mike 
Barbiche, Harry D. 
Beach, Clarence A. 
Bihm, Theo. 
Bradford, James S. 
Bradley, Roland, A. F. 
Bradley, Jesse M., Jr. 
Brock, Clair H. 
Brosnowick, Walter 
Bruton, Robert L. 
Buckman, William 
Baker, Curtis H. 
Burton, Walter R. 
Cannon, Noble 
Carpenter, Edgar C. 
Chambers, John W. 
Cirami, Notate 
Clancy, Charles E. 
Clausen, Henry G. 
Cluck. John B. 
Collins, Elmer 
Collins, Thomas 
Colster, Harry M. 
Congo, Mike 
Copes, Donald 
Cotner. Isaac A. 



Coulter, Arvin 
Covington, Mallie 
Crider, Albert L. 
Crow, Harry A. 
Cupeheck, Steven 
Darling, John 
Davenport, James E. 
Davis, Brerewood H. 
Dean, Ray W. 
Dean, Norman T. 
Deangelis, Alfred 
Delaha, William O. 
DeHoma, Gabriel 
Disheroon, Robert L. 
Djerf, Ernest 
Dodson, Everett E. 
Duerr, George J. 
Edgar, Cecil 
Endres, Andrew W. 
Engle, Charles H. 
Evert, John J. 
Ferguson, Andrew S. 
Fiedler, Arthur B. 
Finnerty, Joseph B. 
Fitzsimmons, Laurence 
Fiuhary, Raymond H. 
Flynn, Michael D. 
Foster, John C. 
Freet, Joseph 
Gauthier, William J. 
George, Esgo 
Gillespie, Vernon 



Girukis, George 
Golden, Aaron L- 
Goldberg. Samuel 
Gore. Frank H. 
Goride, John 
Goslin, Raymond 
Goud, Lyndal 
Braham, William 
Gregorie, Herman J. 
Gresens, Louis H. 
Gruver. Abraham !M. 
Gutowski, Steve 
Haddick. Hugh L. 
Handy. Robert 
Hawkins, Martin W. 
Helenek, John P. 
Heifer. George J. 
Hershkowitz. Julius 
Hersch. Walter E. 
Herracher,' Elmer J. 
Herting, Charles F. 
Hester, William V. B 
Hill, William G. 
Honea. Frank 
Horseman, Carl 
Hunteman, Roy H. 
Hurley. Charles 
Tnsley. Harry B. 
Jacobion, Theodore E 
Jagel. \'ictor 
James, W[illiam H. 
Tones. Arthur D. 



Juncker, Emile 
Kerper, Heston 
Klines, James L. 
Keber, Henry A. 
Kockek, Phillip 
Komienga, Steve 
Kraft, Harry C. 
Kubi, Mike 
Kusamaul, Ellis A. 
Kuyzin, Charles A. 
Landi, Domenico 
Landgrave, Guy Wm. 
LeBoyen. Charles E. 
Lloyd. George W. 
Lockman, Vincent 
Alannion, Joseph F. 
Marks, Samuel 
Alarshall, Joseph T. 
Massalal, Joseph 
May, Otto J. 
McFarland, Olfair 
McGrath, Nelson E. 
AIcKnight, Leo 
Maderios, Jose 
Merrick, Guion G. 
Monfalcone, Ernest L. 
Mum ford. George 
Xeal. Talmadge 
X'ewman, Amos 
Nichols, Melvin E. 
Nilles, Charles J. 
North. Hubert W. 



Company C 



ENLISTED MEN 



Novak, Roland A. F. 
O'Hara, Jack 
Osborne, Ralph 
Owens, Benjamin H. 
Pack, John 
Palmer, Merile 
Paradis, Myron 
Parrish, Charles J. 
Pattaszynaki, Paul 
Patrick, Samuel J. H. 
Paul, Joseph 
Pedigo, Charles W. 
Pelligrina, Joseph 
Bolwskie, Peter 
Richards, Frank 
Richardson, William B 
Roberts, Allston P. 
Rutchek, John 
Schaaf, Otto E. 
Scheck, John 



Scannell, Cornelius 
Sewell, Charles G. W. 
Seymore, David 
Shageena, Ira C. 
Sheehan, James F. 
Sherman, Benjamin F. 
Siggins, John J. 
Slaughter, William 
Sloman, William J. 
Smith, Thomas A. 
Smith, Harford D. 
Smith, James W. 
Smith, James L. 
Smith, Peter 
Smithson, James H. 
Stempniewski, Anton 
Stirk, Charles E. 
Swanner, Charles 
Sutter, James 
Teborski, Joseph 



Tucker, Lester L. 
Turnbull, Lawrence C. 
Vagdak, Joseph 
Varble, Wiilliam H. 
Viets, Walter 
Wall, Jessie J. 
Warrington, Charles E 
Wartikofif, Arthur 
Weir, Edgar 
Wheatley, William 
White, Everett E. 
White, Timothy E. 
Williams, John D. 
Williams, Thomas W. 
Wilson, Arthur O. 
Wladarcyak, Peter 
Wojcynski, John 
Woodson, William T. 
Wortley, Marcus D. 
WykO'Wski, Henry L. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Aikenhead, Malcolm 
Allen, Robert 
Adkins, Leon 
Adams, Howard 
Andriesse, Andrew 
Bartozaves, Frank 
Booze, Coman 
Burns, George L 
Bode, Elmer 
Beck, James 
Bowers, Howell B. 
Boj'le, James B. 
Bowinkelman. Louis 
Boyce, Harry C. 
Barrow, Luman 
Balch, Herbert 
Brocato, Phillip 
Bromwell, Julian T. 
Brinsfield, \N'm. Percy 
Brandt, Emil 
Brannock, Fred 
Brannock, Charles 
Bidding, Alfred 
Black. George 
Bluener, William C. 
Bridges, Julius H. 
Brown. Richard 
Boland, William 



Benson, W'illiam T., Jr. 
Brobst. Audison 
Coburn. Guy O. 
Cromie, Chester 
Carson, David 
Conrad, John 
Conrad. James 
Conrad, Harry M. 
Coleman. William 
Careponuk. Henry 
Cassady, Glen C. 
Curtis, Clarence 
Cockran. Samuel 
Davis. Henry 
Doxzon, George 
Denford, Charles 
Doubeck, James 
Daily. Herman 
Deshields. Bryan 
Dean. Levin 
Drumm, James 
Davis. Charles 
Downing. Charles F. 
Edgar. Samuel 
Edington, W'illiam M. 
Eiseman. Samuel 
Eskridge. Julius 
Eleas. Joseph 



Edgar, LeRoy B. 
Ferguson, Russell 
Fifer, Howard G. 
Foxwell, Dawson 
Finnicelli, Augusta 
Ford, Arthur D. 
Geoghegan, William 
Gough, George P. 
Gang, David 
Hefner, John J. 
Hefner, John H. 
Heffeld, John 
Hergett. Benjamin 
Howard, Leonard 
Herpel. John G. 
Henry, James 
Hall, Virgil 
Haddsway. Henry H. 
Holka. Max 
Hoffman. William V. 
Hartlove, Leslie E. 
Hartman. Lawrence J. 
Hughes. Herman 
Harrer. Charles 
Harley. Elmer 
Jones, Leonard 
Justice. Orville 
Teavins. Alfred 



Yoemans, Arthur S. 
Zielkowski, Steve 
Ziranski, Waclau 
Braun, Carl A. 
Burton, Orville 
Craig. Walter 
Davidson. John A. M. 
Griel. Louis H. 
Harrison, Albert E. 
Hesidrez, Charles 
Johnson, Arthur 
Kaufman, Benjamin 
Lauterstein, Max 
McClay, Oscar 
Moreland, Joseph 
Peters, Edward 
Rau, Howard H. 
Vano, Sebastino 
Wheedleton, Thomas 



Karlson, Karl 
Knight, Joseph 
Kopanski, Anton 
Kwiatkowski, Joseph 
Kipe, George 
Kingman, Albert 
Kierns, Joseph 
Kramer, Charles R. 
Keimig, Leo J. 
Little, William E. 
Lester, Giles 
Lentz, Thomas O. 
LaPage, Fred 
Lawrence. Joseph 
Lockwood, Theodore 
Lewis, Elmer 
Lemmerman, Henry 
McCormack. Joseph 
McCornick. Joseph 
Morrow, Edwin 
Mellor, Harry A. 
Mumford, Charles 
Mueth, Philip 
Magill, James 
Moore, Augustus 
Maddox, Ernest 
Maddox. William 
Merrill. Albert J. 



219 



Compan;y C" 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Marshall, Russell 
Murray, John J. 
Newcomb, Levin J. 
Newcomb, Wilbur 
Nooney, Frank F. 
Nichols, Peter 
Neal, Earl 
Neil, William 
Neal, Raymond 
O'Connor Charles 
Ohms, August 
O'Brien, Wilmer V. 
Petersen, David 
Pearman, Warren 
Price, Hasten 
Prices, Jacob J. 



Pindell, James 
Rhodes, George 
Rysso, Louis 
Rumbley, Carl 
Ring, Charles R. 
Rachuba, Frank 
Ruark, Eugene 
Ruark, George 
Riggins, George 
Richardson, Hiram 
Savaresse, Edward 
Smith, George 
Smith, John 
Sommers, John 
Stitz, James 
Senidak, Alexander 



Saul, August 
Seralnick, Samuel 
Stout, William 
Squires, John 
Soilean, Belied 
Schulamarick, Samuel 
Snow, Carroll 
Schilling, John 
Sinclair, Raymond 
Sinoki, Henry 
Tyler, Mark V. 
Tuigg, Francis 
Townsend, John W. 
Thompson, John W. 
Trippe, Henry 
Todd, George 



.Vogel, Henry F. 
Vegnr, Frank 
Walters, Edwall 
Walkowiak, Mike 
Willey, Arthur 
Whapples, Nelson 
Willey, Hammond 
Willey, Gorman 
Warren, Robert 
Wright, Jayson 
Winiecke, Anthony 
Wright, Kemp 
Wheedleton, William 
Yates, Sherwood H. 
Zahner, Henry 
Zagrodnich, Met 



Captain 
Grymes, Herbert L- 

First Lieutenant 
Search, William W., Jr. 

First Lieutenant 
Saxelby, Charles M. 

First Lieutenant 
Kennedy, William P. 

Second Lieutenant 
McCandlish, Robert P. 



COMPANY "D'^ 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
Second Lieutenant 
Shaw, Glen G. 

Second Lieutenant 
Duggan, James R. 

First Lieutenant 
Erler, George R. 

First Lieutenant 
Ayers, Joseph A. 



First Lieutenant 
Kreh, Arthur L 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowers, James H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Weiber, John H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Singleton, William C. 

Second Lieutenant 
Adair, Earl 



ENLISTED MEN 



Akers, Earl 
Akers, Ernest H. 
Allen, Thomas 
Anselso, Santo 
Bailey, Cbarles W. 
Barash, Abraham 
Bacgalupi, William 
Baur, Werner A. 
Baumgart, John A. 
Barabas, Joseph 
Bedford, John B. 
Beeman, Stanley G. 
Benefield, John W. 



Benham, James Z. 
Bennington, Paul D. 
Benton, Frank A. 
Bernat, Alex 
Bonovitz, Matt 
Booth, Clarence W. 
Boteler, Howard G. 
Boucher, John 
Bowen, John 
Bradley, Thomas A. 
Brandt, Albert H. 
Brant, Albert M. 
Brannick, William M. 



Brattelli, Palino 
Breedlove, Charles V. 
Bresinsky, Joseph J. 
Browman, David 
Brown, Charles E. 
Buchmuller, William 
Bumpas, Henry 
Bunting, Sam., Jr. 
Burns, Dennis 
Butler, Emory F. 
Byrne, James J. 
Cain, John P. 
Cauffield, Fergus J. 



Clauson, Henry S. 
Chamblin, Earl L. 
Collins, Clarence E. 
Collins, Vernon J. 
Croucher, William C. 
Culler, Ivy D. 
Daniels, Theodore H. 
Darrigo, Salvador 
Deike, August B. 
Dettman, Robert A. 
Dini, Albert 
Dixon, John H. 
Dolimba, Frank 



Company D 



ENLISTED MEN 



Domeike, Charles M. 
Donovan, Martin R. 
DrzargowS'ki, Talesfor 
Duffy, William J. 
Duke, Paul J. 
Dutrow, James L. 
Dye, William B. 
Eanes, Henry 
Eastridge, Herbert M. 
Eaton, Harland B. 
Fallon, Reuben G. 
Fallon, Elbert H. 
Fanshaw, Charles A. 
Fall, Joseph F. 
Finger, William 
Fink, Seidel H. 
Forti, Luigi 
Frazier, Perry 
Freberger, Edward A. 
Fyle, George H. 
Gading, Peter 
Gant, Jim 

Garbars, Charles C. 
Gast, Henry 
Geist, Sidney H. 
Gentry, Scott 
Gillespie, Willis M. 
Gladden, Price H. 
Gladden, Robert S. 
Gooding, Arthur R. 
Gough, Allen B. 
Grau, George J. 
Gray, Arthur 
Giambattista, Michele 
Green, Alma S. 
Grimm. William R. 
Groh, Clifford 
Grubb, Walter G. 
Hall, Thomas B. 
Hamilton, Earl 
Hanley, Claude A. 
Harris, Paul 



Harrison, Edward M. 
Haupt, William J. 
Henschen, Henry C, Jr 
Henson, Charles H. 
Henman, Harry S. 
Hintz, Charles 
Hoffman, George M. 
Howe, Don C. 
Hufford, Arthur 
Hyland, John F. 
Jackson, George A. 
Jembroze, Stanley 
Jones, William H. 
Jones, Robert J. 
Jones, James A. 
Jones, Lewis C. 
Jones, Nathan A. 
Johnson, Clifford 
Johnson. Joseph A. 
Johnson, Leslie S. 

Kanthais. Mike 
Keel, William 

Kelleher, James 

Keller, John A. 

Kelley, Thomas P. 

Kennedy, Daniel D. 

Kerwick, Thomas J. 

Klien, Charles E. 

Klein, Reuben 

Kuntz, Paul J. 

Kuntz, John P. 

Ladd, George D. 

Ladd, Turner 

Leiske, John F. 

Leuckert, George W. 

Lindberg, Edwin O. 

Lookhart, William 

Lockwood, Harry 

Long, Andy 

Long, Roscoe W. 

Lowder, Robert H. 

Lubner, John A. 



Lunak, Emil 
Lunak, Mirslav 
■Lusva, Charles 
Lyle, John C. 
Madsen, Howard E. 
Magad, Herman 
Manning, Charles 
Margoles, Sam 
Maronde, George M. 
Menard, Joseph 
McCall, Carter 
McGee, Henry L. 
Miller, Victor 
Moran, Daniel J. 
Murray, Hugh, Jr. 
Nagle, Harry 
Neuschafer, Joseph C, 
Newman, George C. 
Nierman, Louis 
Novak, James F. 
O'Malley, John 
Orndorff, George 
Bayne, Staniford I. 
Peuschech, Minna 
Poltrock, Charles C. 
Powder, John W. 

Puhek, Jacob 

Purcell, William J. 

Quinn, James C. 

Raddatz. Louis O. 

Reason, Charles A. 

Regan, John A. 

Rinehart, Irvin F. 

Reynolds, John S. 

Reynolds, Parker 

Roberts, Albert 

Rogers, Joseph F. 

Ruse, John T. 

Ryerson, William H. 

Sathowski. Joseph 

Schmidt, George F. 

Schofield. Anthony 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Althoff, Edgar 
Baker, Elmer 
Baur, Louis 
Barbon, Chester 
Barger, Walter L. 
Bennington, Henry L. 



Bennington, Walter 
Bulett, Hugh 
Bumbaug'h, Paul D. 
Carter, Milton L. 
Carroll, Walter E. 
Carroll. Lawrence E. 



Caponio. William 
Claggett, Newman D. 
Clayton. Sylvester 
Channell. Louis 
Cernik, John J. 
Cockley, Paul 



Schunian, Louis 
Sellon, Elizie L- 
Sieggreen, Henry 
Short, Irby 
Shalnutt. Fred W. 
Smith, Charles H. 
Smith, George McK. 
Smith, Edward F. 
Simms. Herbert J. 
Sommer, Jerry 
Sroufe, Otto E. 
Spears, Archie 
Steams, John L. 
Stevens, Lorin A. 
Stone, Howard E. 
Sukolsky, Benjamin 
Sullivan, James M. 
Sumblin, William H. 
Summers, Lozier A. 
Tesson, William E. 
Thompson, Archie C. 
Thompson, Glen B. 
Thorpy, John 
Tieman, Harry L. 
Trandell, Leon A. 
Turner, Benjamin 
Vance, Harry F. 
VanGuilder, Ezra 
Vanik, Rudolph 
Vermilyea, Harry 
Wever. John T. 
Webster, Simon 
Waldon, Julius M. 
Wiemaster, Joseph C. 
Wiest, Arthur J. 
Wilgis, Russell D. 
Winkler, Edward 
Wilkerson. Steve 
Woods. Sherman 
Yarnell. Earl G. 
Zapalso, Frank 



Constantino, Fortanato 
Creswell. John 
Culbertson. Paul 
Culberston, Rufus 
Daily. Thomas 
Daniels. Clyde 



Company D" 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Davis, Joseph 
Doppman, George C. 
Dusak, James 
Elliott, John 
Eriksen, Guilbrand 
Endrcs, Robert 
Fisher, Thomas D. 
Flowers, Wilton H. 
Foster, Rufus 
Foster, Charles N. 
Foreman, J. A. 
Francis, William J. 
Frederick, Robert B. 
Freck, William 
Fyle, James W. 
Fyle, James S. P. 
Gibson, Howard 
Goods, Arthur L. 
Gordon, Paul Y. 
Graney, Carroll J. 
Grove, Henry 
Hahn, George 
Harper, Jesse E. 
Harkins, Herbert P. 
Hawkiijs, Clarence E. 
Hergonrother, Geo. H. 
Herman, Samuel J. 
Hilditch, Melvin 
Hiskey, John 
Hoops, William P. 
Hulshardt, Otha 
Jennings. William C. 



Jackson, Samuel J. 
Hyland, Charles 
Jones, George E. 
Johnson, John J. 
Kane, Gary 
Kane, Thomas 
Keithley, Wilton J. 
Keen, James A. 
Kelley, Frank J. 
Kelley, Sylvester M. 
Kennedy, Raymond 
Kirby. W.ilton J. 
Kirk, Arthur P. 
Kirk, Louis R. 
Kirkwood, Street 
Kirkwood, Edwin R. 
Leamon, Thomas 
Livingston, A. E. 
Ludwig, Joseph C. 
Malinowski, Edwin F. 
Manche, Martin E. 
Martin, James R. 
Martin, Elmer H. 
Maurice, George R. 
McNutt, Thomas 
McOdrom, Howard 
McCauley, William E. 
McLoughlin, Hugh 
Michael, J. A. 
Moltz, Morgan 
Moog, Herman 
Moore. Frank E. 



Moore, Thomas F. 
Muncy, Minor 
Muncy, Grant 
Meyers, Albert E. 
Payne, Raymond E. 
Patterson, Walter 
Perry, Hugh 
Phelps, John 
Philbin. Rapheal 
Philipps, Jerry 
Pennington. \\'illiam C. 
Picka, Anto 
Pritchard, Fred D. 
Railey, Milton F. 
Rinehardt, William 
Reynolds, William A. 
Richmond, James R. 
Robertson, William 
Rupp, Louis C. 
Rosenbrook. L^'od 
Rouse, John J. 
Schatz. George 
Schofield, Sam 
Segar, Paul 
Small, Norman 
Smith, Walter J. 
Simms, Walter J. 
Staniford, Isaac W. 
Stevens, William 
Suchting. William 
Suttor, Oliver 
Sweeney, Thomas W. 



Taylor, William H. 
Talbott, Guy C. 
Tayson, Clinton 
Thompson, Warren A. 
Tinsley, Frank 
Tinsley, Harvey 
Trench, William 
Trout, Fred G. 
Tyson, Roland O. 
Vanik, Frank T. 
Warren, Richard F. 
Watson, Joseph C. 
Webb, Herbert 
Wegant, John 
Weaver, Edward R. 
Whiteford, Marscial W. 
Wilgis, Roland O. 
Wilt, George J. 
Woods, William F. 
Young, Robert 
Brooke, Lee B. 
Jones, Henry R. 
Long, Kenuard G. 
Leusing, Joseph 
Long, Norman E. 
Lines, Daniel S. 
Migini, Maria 
McEndrec, John T. 
Moore, Cecil 
Kennedy, Charles 
Paige, Austin N. 



COMPANY "E'^ 
April 1, 1919 



Captain 
Ruhl, Harry C. 

Captain 
Purcell, Burge 

First Lieutenant 
Tydings, Millard E. 

First Lieutenant 
Lambert, Richard M. 

First Lieutenant 
McCauley, C. Otis 



OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Bell, John B. 

First Lieutenant 
McCoy. Hugh 

First Lieutenant 
Boyle, James B. 

First Lieutenant 
Payne. Herbert A. 

First Lieutenant 
Lowry, Haywood S. 



First Lieutenant 
Smith, James F. 

Second Lieutenant 
Fowler, James D. 

Seeond Lieutenant 
Schrodder, Bert 

Seeond Lieutenant 
Throckmorton, John E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Mosher, Seeley E. 



Company E" 



Albaugh, Frank E. 
Amon, Arthur 
Angelo, Fortunate 
Angle, George 
Angle, William S. 
Barnes, Walter S. 
Beccio, Michael G. 
Becker, Arlington E. 
Bedwell, Charles E. 
Berger, Roland H. 
Bien, George D. T. 
Biggs, Charles S., Jr. 
Blankenship, Charles R. 
Blazek, Simon E. 
Bloom, Maurice C. 
Blymier, William H. 
Boyd, George W. 
Brandt, Frederick W. 
Brimslow, William J. 
Brooks, Grover C. 
Brown, John D. 
Buzzell, Albert B. 
Canavaciol, Frank 
Caldwell, Harry C. 
Cameron, Arthur B. 
Cameron, Howard B. 
Campbell, William F. 
Carr, Herbert A. 
Carr, Thomas A., Jr. 
Carr, Thomas M. 
Caputo, Peter 
Casalaspro, Giovannia 
Coraccki, Lesandre 
Chilcoat, Carlton B. 
Clark. Elwood 
Creatore, Guiseppe 
Crimi, Tony 
Crist. Oscar B. 
Dallenger, Harry 
Davis, Owen J. 
Devern, William C. 
Dennis. Joseph J. 
Dehart, Alfred 
Detisch. Charles M. 
Devring. John H. 
Dicosola. Frank 
Donnelly, Joseph J. 
Duszynski, John 
Eder, Carol K. 
Eder, Harry A. 
Elkins, Cecil A. 



ENLISTED MEN 

Elliott, Marshall Kefer, Lambert L. 



Edgar, Leroy B. 
Edwards, Claude 
England, John 
Evans, Edward, Jr. 
Evans, Joe J. 
Everding, Herman H. 
Ewell, William R. 
Faulls, Bert 
Ferreri, Lugi 
Fifer, Howard G. 
Finn, Alexander B. 
Fram, James 
Foley, John R. 
Frank, Abraham 
Franko, Stephen D. 
France, Lawrence B. 
Freeman, Jesse J. 
Galloway, James 
Gesinu, John 
Gensheimer, Aloysius 
Glover, Alfred 
Goodyear, George 
Goodyear, Ernest 
Goodyear, Howard 
Gigirilly, James 
Green, Edward 
Green. Jacob 
Griffith, George F. 
Guenthenspberger, V. 
Hagarty. George W. 
Habro, Irvin G. 
Hanlon. John A. 
Hall, Walter L. 
Hardy. Eaborn 
Harmon, William H. 
Harrison. Arthur E. 
Harrison, William R. 
Herith, August H. 
Hennick, William P. 
Hillaker, Clarence C. 
Hofi'mrin, Edwa: d R. 
Hood, Walter F. 
Hooge. Albert J. 
Hoy. Russell W. 
Hudgens. Robert F. 
Huendorf, Henry J. 
Jones, Leroy 
Jones, Howard M. 
Joline, Walter 
Kaniecki, Henry 



Kegan, Julius S. 
Kempa, William 
Keseling. John A. 
Keys, William H. 
King. William V. 
Kirwan, James B. J. 
Knoerlein. Henry 
Koehler, Curt 
Krisinger, George 
Kostuch, John J. 
Kuehne, George W. 
Kutner, Emile 
Lambie. Frank B. 
Lawrence, Earl E. 
Leader, George 
Lemaire, Joseph 
Levicki. Roman 
Litzenberg, Herbert S. 
Lippman, Nathan 
Lloyd, Thomas A. 
Lodischuk, Stephen 
Lowe, John 
Mass, Fred 
Malinowski, Joseph 
Marsh, William F. 
Mason, Claude 
Mays, John 
McCaskill, Mack M. 
McLitosh, Neal 
McGarvey, Terrance J. 
McNamara, William J. 
McTier, William G. 
Michuk. Mike, 
Morgan, William H. 
Mueller, Robert A. 
Mullen, Walter D. 
Mullin, William A. 
Mulhern, James J. 
Morozowski, Tony 
Myers, Williams 
Nelson, Francis V. 
Noland, Charles P. 
Norton, Dan 
Ollerman, Otto A. 
Odette, Raymond E. 
Paley. Isidore 
Parker, Barney 
Pasley, Roger 
Paxton. John 
Paj'en. Robert W. 
Persinger, Andrew 



Phillips, Allen 
Pittman, Archie A. 
Poke, Emillio 
Przbysz, Andy 
Powell, Joseph E. 
Quilintrano. Cilli 
Quilty, James A. 
Randolph, David J. 
Raymond, John 
Rice, William M. 
Rickman. Charles W. 
Riley, Clinton C. 
Rockburn, Adolphus H. 
Roe, Frank 
Roeske, Paul O. 
Rollins, William W. 
Roth, Max 
Sakowich, Georgy J. 
Saunders, Roy B. 
Schaake, Robert L. 
Schneider, Louis 
Shapiro, Fred 
Sheckells, George A. 
Shinkle, Chester E. 
Short, William C. 
Skarzinski, Stanislau 
Smialkowski, Adam 
Smith, John 
Smith, Norman T. 
Solow, Mike 
Spence, Frank 
Spence, Stanley R. 
Sterba. Gustav 
Stickley, Frank 
Streets, George D. 
Streets, Lester O. 
Thornley, Raymond D. 
Townsend, June 
Vangill, Lyman R. 
Waite, Robert E. 
Wann. Rufe 
Ward. Calvin 
Watson, Frank J. 
Wenerski, Edward 
Werner, Fred C. 
White, Harry 
Widdoes. Charles F. 
Wiemer, Francis F. 
Wilmer, Millard M. 
Williams, Paul S. 
Wilson. Willard G. 
Wilson, Paul W. 



Company E" 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Abramson, Harr^' 
Albanesse, Thomas 
Anderson, Charles W. 
Ayers, William H. 
Babb, John 
Bauer, Clayton 
Baxley, William A. 
Bayne, Howard 
Becker, Chester M. 
Belter, Harry H. 
Bennett, James V. 
Bethner, Edward 
Bien, David W. IVE. 
Boguch, Walter 
Bossom, Amos 
Bradley, Leonard B . 
Brandt, Frederick E. 
Brennan, Harry E. 
Brewer, William J. 
Brown, Jesse R. 
Brown, Leonard A. 
Brundige, John A. 
Burch, Charles H. 
Burkley, John K. 
Burns, Dennis 
Cameron, Paul H. 
Cavender, Anthony 
Clark, George E. 
Condon, Allen F. 
Conners, William M. 
Cowley, Lionel O. 
Christian, John K. 
Dean, Ralph H. 
Dean, Clarence B. 
Dean, Harry B. 
Denny, Harry F. 
DeGiacomo, Nicholas 
Dinaro, James 
Diver, Richard 
Downey, Edward J. 
Dreyer, August H. 
Dukas, Louis 
Dunbar, Sterling 
Dunagan, Vern R. 
Duvois, Germin 
Earl, Leslie W. 
Eder, Alfred R. 
Emerson, Edwin 
Farro, Andre 
Farros. Gregory 
Fair, Glenn 



Ferry, John P. 
Fears, Joseph 
Fields, Cyrus 
Fields, William S. 
Ferry, Bradford 
Feehley, Bernard 
Finaman, Maurice 
Forwood, Denwood 
Foreacre, Joseph 
Fortin, Auguste 
Foster, Standley A. 
Fox, Calvin 
Franks, Louis 
Frankforter, George P. 
Freeman, James R. 
Freshman, Abraham 
Friedman, Hyman 
Frich, Fred G. 
Gadow, Carl W. 
Gallaher, Leon H. 
Gardner, Ernest M. 
Garrett, Edward 
Giacobi, Saverio 
Gese, Paul E. 
Goodman, Elmer 
Gramer, Albert J. 
Gregory, Stanley 
Gryczt, Vincent 
Hager, John 
Hague, Thomas D. 
Hampton, Walter M. 
Harding, Clyde B. 
Harland, Ben 
Hatch, Charles L. 
Heath, Clarence 
Hillger, Arthur F. 
Holzhauer, Frederick 
Hogarth, John 
Hood, Morris M. 
House, William L. 
Hooper, Robert L. 
Hutchins, William H. 
Illuninato, Joseph 
Jackson, Frank E. 
Jackson, Mattingly 
Jackson, Wilson T. 
Jamison, Dewey 
James, Earle E. 
Jones, Benjamin 
Jones, George H. 
Tones, John E. 



Johnson. Joseph T. 
Johnson, John H. 
Jordan, Clarence 
Jubb, Howard C. 
Jubb, John C. 
Kamps, Charles 
Kant, Emil 
Kelley, Charles J. 
Kessler, Edgar F. 
Kelavos, William 
Kelly, Joseph 
Kelmanovitz, Isaac 
King, Earl T. 
King, George T, 
King, Phillip N. 
Kirby, William F. 
Kirkpatrick, Edward 
Kirsch, Harry C. 
Kline, Delbert 
Knapp, Milton 
Kohne, Milton 
Kuta, John 
Lamrock, George 
Lane, Wilburt 
Langford, Leonard 
Leader, John M. 
Lemaire, Adonis 
Lemaire, Ernest 
Lilly, Medford G. 
Loraine, Toward 
Lowman, Milburne 
Mahan, Ellis P. 
A'laloney, John 
Manlove, Harry B. 
Marx, Abram 
Massey, William 
May, Andrew 
McAlvoy, Joseph W. 
McGuirk, Harry 
McCommons, Herbert 
McLaughlin, Stephen O 
McNabb, Edward S. 
McQuade, Thomas 
Morgan, Mlton 
Morgan, Herbert J. 
Morgan, William F. 
Morrow, Oliver 
Moore, Clyde A. 
Moxley, Ruben B. 
Moylan, Frank B. 
Mosillo, Frank 



Morvent, Leodias 
Miles, Harry G. 
Murray, William P. 
Murray, Arthur B. 
Myers, Winder 
Newton, Bryan 
Nichols, John R. 
Norris, Earl 
Norris, Gordan L. 
O'Brien, William A. 
O'Brien, William 
O'Brien, Leo J. 
Ott, Raymond 
Otter, William G, 
Parthree, Howard B. 
Payne, Stafford L 
Peat, William A. 
Perry, Thomas W. 
Peterson. Norman 
Piechocki, Frank 
Piper, William B. 
Paul, Warren C. 
Poole, Henry A. 
Price, Benjamin 
Price, Allen D. 
Pryky, Joseph M. 
Pyle, Roy Lee 
Purnell, Charles 
Reinhardt, William A. 
Reilb^ Donald L. 
Renshaw, Wayne 
Reynolds, John 
Ringrose, John A. 
Ritmour, Jiles A. 
Riser, Louis J. 
Richardson, Ben. H. 
Roller, Howard F. 
Rotchschilds, Alvin 
Rowland, James L. 
Rust, Loice 
Rouzer, Edward H. 
Russell, Elmer C. 
Ryan, Clinton S. 
Sam, Anthony 
Scarborough, Standley 
Schaeffer, Jerome C. 
Schaeffer, Harlan 
Schimpf, William F. 
Schmalbach, Howard H. 
Scott, John W. 
Seltzer, Eugene 



Company E 



Seward, Charles 
Seward, Richard 
Shaffer, Benjamin E. 
Shipley, William E. 
Simers, Leroy 
Smith, Frederick C. 
Smith, Frederick 
Smith, Hiram 
Sparks, Ayles S. 
Spahn, Paul H. 



Sparrow, Frank A. 
Stagg, Benjamin H. 
Sylvester, George 
Strong, William P. 
Sykes, Earl E. 
Taylor, Thomas F. 
Taylor, Jesse 
Thompson, Vi'illiam 
Tillman, William 



MEMBERS 
Tischa, Frank E. 
Todd, Arthur B. 
Trusloe, Frank W. 
Trimble, Curtis F. 
Tibbetts, Melzer C. 
Trottingwolf, Nelson 
Wertz. Elmer G. 
Walker, William O. 
Welling, Vincent B. 



Wellman, Frank 
White, William W. 
White, Leo J. 
White, Marion T. 
William, Russell 
Windrix, Fred H. 
Wingate, Alton R. 
Winn, William H. 
Ziolkowski, Steve 
Zoller, Harry E. 



Major 
Hutchins, Ralph 

Major 
Wylie, William B. 

Cap tain 
Mclntyre, Phillip C. 

First Lieutenant 
Ecker, Frederic W. 

First Lieutenant 
Smith, James F. 

First Lieutenant 
Park, Dwight C. 



Abshier, Uriah M. 
Allen, Herman 
Amberg, Aired 
Amodeo, Nicholas 
Atteberry, Paul 
Banach, Felix E. 
Bankowski, Peter 
Belanger, Alfred R. 
Biddle, Joseph F. 
Billingsley, Joseph A. 
Bird, Robert 
Bishop, Edward A. 
Bixeman, George L. 
Blanchard, Carl 
Bolen, Chester 



COMPANY "F" 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
First Lieutenant 
Katzenborger, Walter 

First Lieutenant 
Payne, Herbert A. 

First Lieutenant 
Wilson, Donald 

First Lieutenant 
Lewis, William P., Jr. 

First Lieutenant 
Warthen, Nathan R. 

First Lieutenant 
Butler, Harry C. 

Second Lieutenant 
Mullen, Richard 



Second Lieutenant 
Robinson, Thomas N. 

Second Lieutenant 
Fulford, Alexander M. 

Second Lieutenant 
Robertson, Thomas D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Gray, John T. 

Second Lieutenant 
Johnston, William H. 

Second Lieutenant 
Kellner, John, Jr. 



ENLISTED MEN 



Borsa, Enrico 
Botzler, Raymond 
Boyce, Robert 
Brantley, Lucius E. 
Brill, Talbot 
Brown, John W. 
Burns, Charles 
Calhoun, Ora 
Capprelli, Paul 
Carhart, John W. 
Carl, Arthur J. 
Cass, George M. 
Chalk, Joseph R. 
Clark, Mat 
Clinedinst, Arthur C. 



Coates, Augustus F. 
Coates, Arthur R. 
Copass, Elbert L. 
Corun, Ashby 
Corun, Wallace B. 
Coughlin, James 
Cummings, James P. 
Curry, Garfield 
Curry, John E. 
D'Admo, Antonio 
Dal Ponte, John 
Davis, Gary O. 
Davis, Leroy 
Deitz, August S. 
De Martin, Walter 



Di Vechia, Frederick 
Diver, Thomas R. 
Dobbs, Williams G. 
Doggs, George W. 
Dostie, Alfred 
Dubuo, Joseph 
Duke, Samuel G. 
Engle, Morris 
Flannigan, John J. 
Fox, Bedford S. 
Frecientsse, Luigi 
Friedman, Myer 
Gallapoo, Mark A. • 
Garnder, James 
Galliher, Frank R. 



Company F" 



ENLISTED MEN 



Galliher, Geo. W. 
Gajewski, Louis A. 
Geiso, Ernest R. B. 
Gilbert, Martin J. 
Giltop, Louis 
Glass, Abraham 
Gralaski, Maryian 
Grelik, Walter 
Gross, George L. 
Grove, Francis R. 
Gryszt, Vincent 
Haas, John E. 
Haid, Edmund G. 
Hall, Albert L 
Hamer, John 
Hampton, Joe M. 
Harvey, Geo. W. 
Hayba, Andrew F. 
Henderson, Fred O. 
Herman, John 
Hiser, John H. 
Hutchins, Clarence R. 
Hunt, Harold 
Hyson, John J. 
Jackson, Lawrence T. 
Jaobs, John 
Jacobs, John T. 
Gajeilski, William 
Jahnke. Frank W. 
Jean, Charles 
Jerselimski, Max 
Jester, Vincent 
Jennings, Charles 
Johnson, John A., Jr. 
Johnston, Norwood U. 



Johston, WiUiam H. 
Hosepher, Davis 
Joslin, Harry L. 
Kamodolski, Bernard S. 
Kashefska, Albert R. 
Kauffman, August P. 
Kellner, John, Jr. 
Knisley, Isaac J. 
Knisley, Walter H. 
Koenig, Franklin H. 
Kone, Frank H. 
Kreuger, Fred 
Lambert, Lucian 
Lang, Harry C. 
Ledford, William E. 
Levey, Abraham 
Levine, William 
Low, David 
Lucas, James M. 
Ludloff, Carl F; 
McGowan, Joseph S. 
McGuigan, Charles H. 
McLernon, James 
McKee, Guy C. 
Martin, Frank S. 
Martin, James 
Meadows, James B. 
Medlin, Edward J. 
Merson, Edward D. 
Mesite, Joseph 
Michael, Clarence J. 
Miller, Louis H. 
Miller, Samuel 
Mosley, John G. 



Neitzey, John F. 
Noakes, William A. 
Nordstorm, Nels O. 
Norman, Percy 
O'Donnel, Edmond H. 
Parks, Robert E. 
Pearson, Victor J. 
Peise, George P. 
Phillips, Carl W. 
Pohlman, Ernest A. 
Pool, Fred B. 
Porter, William L. 
Poyner, Worth D. 
Prysbys, John 
Pyles, Rhody O. 
Rau, Walter S. 
Redmiles, Yuell E. 
Reedy, Herman F. 
Renner Harvey 
Rider, Richard G. 
Richardson, Coy 
Richardson, Clarence E. 
Riley, Russell J. 
Robinett, Claud 
Rose, Tony 
Ryan, Leo R. 
Sansolone, Michele 
Sargent, James S. 
Saunders, Eugene F. 
Schlosser, Howard I. 
Schneiter, Will 
Schultz, Herman 
Shirley, Larkin G. 
Shipley, Carroll L. 



Shiroky, Joseph C. 
Siggins, Walter N. 
Slater, Harry C. 
Smith, Wyatte P. 
Snidemiller, Henry R. 
Spangler, Louis N. 
Specht, Irving O. 
Speiser, Chester W. 
Stevens, George 
Stjes, Joseph 
Stineman, Charles 
Streets, David L. 
Stuart, Elmer B. 
Swadley, Ellis C. 
Taddeo, Guiseppe 
Tschantre, Marc E. 
Umbright, John E. 
Van Every, Jidward 
Van Gunday, Ben 
Wallace, Peter J. 
Walter, Chester H. 
Ward, Richard 
Ware, James W. 
Wastler, George 
Weber, John A. 
Weinhold, Irwin R. 
Wigley, Bartus E. T. 
Wigley, John H. 
William, John W. 
Wilson, Clarence H. 
Wishnevski, Joseph 
Yakobitz, Frank 
Zetak, Paul 
Zook, Henry H. 
Zuppello, Joseph 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Abbott, Albert L. 
Ackerman, William 
Adams, Walter S. 
Allderdice, William E. 
Andrews, Walter G. 
Baker, William H. 
Balasteria, Gastonia 
Balland, Eugene C. 
Barnewolt, Adolph M. 
Barratta, Louis 
Beall, Paul H. 
Berg, Charles H. 
Berg, Theodore 
Bertrand, George S. 



Biggs, Samuel E. 
Birmingham, Meredith 
Bloom, Harry J. 
Boman, Ralph G. 
Boswell, Clark M. 
Bourbon, Jerome L. 
Bozdeck, Arthur 
Brennan, Harry E. 
Brooks, John N. 
Brown, James G. 
Brown, Lucius W. 
Bua, Tony 
Campbell, Abner M. 
Canvin, Stewart J. 



Carberry, Martin J. 
L.Carroll, Dyer I. 
Carver, Chalmer 
Clarey, Michael J. 
Cinquegrani, Pete 
Cissel, Samuel C. 
Cohen, Joseph 
Cole, Clarence 
Constantine, William H. 
Cooper, Oliver D. 
Cooper, William P. 
Creagor, Joseph I. 
Crevensten, Harry A. 
Cupanello, Felice 



Curtain, Christian 
Daniels, Morgan B. R. 
Devey, Hugh 
Davis, Carey W. 
Davis, Homer 
Debus, John 
DeGoey, Louis B. 
Dodson, Ashby D. 
Donovan, Charles, Jr. 
Dorney, Harry S. 
Dudley, Bernard C. 
Duff, Jesse L. 
Dumpny, Patrick T. 
Dunton, Everitt E. 



226 



Company ' F" 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Dziadoz, Joe 
Eastman, Fitzhugh L. 
Edelen, Alexius M. 
Eichelberger, L. E. 
Eisenhauer, James W. 
Fairfax, Wlilie R. 
Farlej', Francis J. 
Farmer, George VV. 
Farmer, Thomas F. 
Fierstein. William 
Fenwiclv, Thomas N. 
Fisk, Amos J. 
Flaherty, Robert J. 
Flannigan, John C. 
Fletcher, Joseph VV. 
Fowler, Edward D. 
Franklin, Harry E. 
Frush, John J. 
Fulenwider, Frank F. 
Fuhrman, Carl J.' 
Gardner, William D. 
Garrison, Thomas V. 
Garrison, Carroll 
Geraci, Ignatz 
Gigeous, John VV. 
Giddings, Grover C. 
Gilmartin, Thomas J. 
Giorgi, James 
Gosnell, James V\^ 
Graham, Harry B. 
Grant, Richard G. 
Green, Ross 
Green, Vi^illiam C. E. 
Griffith, James J. 
Grimes, Isaac W. 
Guisseppe, Vicoli 
Hahn, Claude R. 
Hall, Charles J. 
Halloran, Mathew V. 
Hammond, Donald A. 
Hands, Eral K. 
Hanrahan, Antony J. 
Hayden, Lawrence T. 
Herman, David B. 



Hickejf, James H. 
Hodorkovski, Joseph D. 
Hook, Robert M. 
Hosback, Joseph A. 
Huffman, Frank 
Hutchins, Clarence R. 
Huntt, Philip E. 
Hurdle, Raymond F. 
Hurting, William 
Johnson, Roland E. 
Johnston, Lawrence P. 
Jones, Arthur T. 
Jones, Alonzo G. 
Joyce, Jerome H. 
Kamnier, Johy VV. 
Kattenhorn, Herbert L. 
Kendig, Raymond L. 
King, Albert R. 
Knight, Louis T. 
Krasnow, Louis 
Krier, Stanley D. 
Kynast, Harry 
Lahti, Axel 
Lane, Harold C. 
Larkin, John A. 
Lednum, Ellsworth 
Lee, George W. 
Leizear, Eugene R. 
Leming, Wilbur H. 
Loskarn, John 
Lynn, Robert 
McCaffrej', James J. 
McClay, Hugh T. 
McClure, Paul D. 
MadCubbin, Joseph H. 
McDonald, William R. 
Maciacari, James 
Mahoney, John M. 
Mandigo, Howard H. 
Marabel, Charles 
Martin, Archie A. 
Martin, Thomas J. 
Maupin, James 
Mayhew, Charles G. 



May hew. Edwin B. 
Meissner, Carl F. 
Menke, Charles E. 
Meroczwica, John 
Mestracci, August 
Michelli, Sam, Jr. 
Miller, George M. 
Moran, Wilson 
Morris, Joseph 
Morrow, Howard H. 
Moyer, George 
Mudd, Thaddeous J. 
Mutchler, Floyd J. 
Myerly, Roy F. 
Negus, Leonard 
Nelson, Frederick L. 
Newton, James E. 
Norton, James J. 
Nugent, Thomas A. 
O'Brien, Thomas P. 
Oravecz, Martin 
O'Donnel, Michael F. 
Odle, John E. 
Parks, Morgan J. 
Parlett, Percival K., Jr. 
Parlett. Robert U. 
Peed, William X. 
Persinger, Harry 
Pickle, John C. 
Plumber, Eugene B. 
Preston. Walter N. 
Ralston. Jackson F. 
Randolph, Michael V. 
Raymond. Harry C. 
Reardon, William C. 
Reed, Charles J. 
Memillard. Arthur J. 
Riemer, Charles H. 
Roberts, Henry 
Robinson, Harry P. 
Rogers, Stanley P. 
Rohrback, Harold J. 
Rorabaugh, Frank C. 
Rohrick, George T. 



Ruczynski, Witold 
R}an, Joseph A. 
Schuette, Henry 
Schilling, Edward M. 
Schotta, Charles K. 
Sezomak, Steve 
Seauberlich. William 
Sherman, Jacob 
Sieman, William H. 
Sinclair, Harry B. 
Smith. Moulty C. 
Snyder, Maurice B. 
Sonnenburg. Harry B. 
Speilman, Earl D. 
Springfield, George 
Stack, Carroll F. 
Stack, Charles C. 
Stafford, John P. 
Stevenson, Frank R. 
Stokes, Joseph 
Sweeney, John J. 
Tate, John A. 
Thomas, Lionel J. 
Thompson, Coulter M. 
Thompson. Albert D. 
Travers, Jeremiah P. 
Trotter, Howard E. 
Tucker, James R. 
Tyson, Edgar A. 
Wallace, Patrick 
Walsh, James C. 
Waranius, Antone J. 
VV^rfield. Oakley 
VV^arner, Charles E. 
Way, John E. 
Weakley, Willie O.. 
Wenger, John F. 
VV^est. John E. 
Whitman. Max 
Niggington. Purnell 
Wildprett, George 
Wood, Charles A. 
Wright, Leslie L. 
Zaykoski. Benjamin 




Captain 
Wade, Thomas G. 

Cal^lain 
Bolton, Artie E. 

Captain 
Robb, Henry F. 

First Lieutenant 
Lowery, Haywood S. 

First Lieutenant 
Erier, George R. 

First Lieutenant 
Berry man, Leslie A. 



COMPANY "G'^ 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Laws, 'Roberts W. 

First Lieutenant 
Boyle, John 

First Lieutenant 
Bosenfeld, Merrill 

First Lieutenant 
Lewis, William F. 

First Lieutenant 
Pratt, John 

Seeond Lieutenant 
Smithers, Henry L. 

Second Lieutenant 
Morgan, H. Hart 



Second Lieutenant 
Anderson, Waddy M. 

Second Lieutenant 
Gra}', John T. 

Second Lieutenant 
Geary, John T. 

Second Lieutenant 
Bee, Hobart 

Second Lieutenant 
Schroeder, Bert 

Second Lieutenant 
Hicks, Alex 



ENLISTED MEN 



Alder, Roy T. 
Anderson, Arthur M, 
Audrusic, Ben 
Asselin, Xavier 
Barger, Walter M. 
Barnett, Herbert G. 
Bascilicata, David H. 
Baughman, John L- 
Beaulieu, Lawrence 
Beedhe, Walter A. 
Blackraan, Henry 
Bluberg, Ernest F. 
Boyle, William A. 
Brandt, Herman 
Braun, Csrl 
Burg, Edgar C. 
Burrall, Ralph E. 
Burton, Earl P. 
Campeggi, Frank F. 
Carl, Robert 
Carney, Eugene T. 
Carter, Robert M. 
Caudell, Walter 
Chapman, David A. 
Charais, Louis H. 
Charetta, Francis L. 
Oharetta, Wesley J. 
Cheole, John 
Clark, Harry C. 
Cleramons, Charles 
Coleman, Charles J. 



Compo, George 
Coney, Edgar H. 
Conroy, William J. 
Coster, Frank W. 
Couture, Henry 
Crossley, James F. 
Crossnine, Dominick 
Culbreth, Fred P. 
Cutshaw, Thomas J. 
Dailey, Theodore 
Davis, Harold W. 
Delotan, John P. 
Dietz, Roy M. 
Dodson, Leonard J. 
Dolls, John P. 
Dumphy, Charles H. 
Dutj', Clinton 
Economu, George 
Elliott, Leslie A. 
Evans, Elijah J. 
Ferguson, James L. 
Ferguson, Wilborn M. 
Ferschtmen, Abraham 
Ford, Earl E. 
Fox, Frank 
Fountain, John C. H. 
Francis, James G. 
Freedoff, Joseph 
Freeman, George 
Fuchs, Lawrence C. 
Fusco. Angelo 



Gaspard, Reno 
Gibson, Howard C. 
Ginski, John 
Godfrey, William L. 
Gordon, Morris 
Gorski, Bronislaus 
Greenwell, Richard T. 
Greenwell, Richard T. 
Gresiak, John 
Greisacker, John 
Gronwald, Boleslau 
Grove, David L. 
Hales, Joseph G. 
Hoenicka, John A. 
Hoffman, Lorenzo D. 
Hoffman, William V. 
Holt, Harry D. 
Hokamp, Albert A. 
Hereford, Thomas 
Honawski, Walter 
Hoperaft, Jesse B. 
Hunter, Wilbur T. 
Irvin, Arthur B. 
Joniks, Louis 
Junker, Otto 
Karpshly, Vincient 
Kelly, William L. 
Kelly, Joseph F. 
Kennedy, Francis 
Kerlin, Lurty 
Kienzie. Charles 



Kintner, Ira L. 
Kirty, Dale 
Kittell, James B. 
Koeblein, Joseph S. 
Konring, Gustav L. 
Kovalsky, Charles 
Kregl, Edward T. 
Kruse, Edward F. 
Larson, Ernest G. 
Latanzio, Camillo 
Lavender, Ellis R. 
Laws, Walter R. 
Leach. Walter M. 
Lipsky, Frank K. 
Lynch, Joseph B. 
Lynch, Polie A. 
MacDonald, Benjamin 
MacDonald, Clifford 
McKenzie, James L. 
McKenzie, Leo C. 
McKenzie, Timothy 
MacAIahon, Harty J. 
McMillin, Frank H. 
Malandrino, Salvatore 
Martin, Earl A. 
Meer, Frank T. 
Melzer, Richard E. 
A'leyer, William A. 
Aliedel, Frank T. 
Miller, Karl K. 
Miller, Fay L. 



Companj) G" 



ENLISTED MEN 



Miller, Harry 
Moore, Wiley 
Moran, Richard G. 
Moilapen, Wayne J. 
Morin, James H. 
Moren, Rayborn 
Monoz, Joe 
Niederhauser, Edw. J. 
Nelson, Albert J. 
Nester. Lurty 
Olahansky, Jack 
Osterman, Harty B. 
Parker. Waie 
Paul, Dolard 
Philips, Anton 
Pinnel, John M. 
Plakes, Christian 
Polski, Nathan 
Potter, Tom 
Pray. James C. 
Price, James R. 



Prisco, Toni 
Ransom, James J. 
Riffle, Charles O. 
Riley, Leo 
Robinson, Paul 
Robinson, Virgil 
Roemisch, Simon 
Rooman. James J. 
Rubel. John 
Ruffino. Joe 
Runge. Frank J. 
Runion, Melvin 
Saari, Wilfred Matt. 
Sadler, Chester B. 
Satterfield, Walter N. 
Sciarrino. Antonio 
Schmidt, Edgar J. 
Schmidt, Harry L. 
Schonsky, Martin 
Schwartz, Jacob 
Shekter. Philip 

Zapf, 



Sheridan, Walter E. 
Shutt, Harvey 
Sibilsky, William A. 
Sieraon, Otto H. 
Snuzek, Sidney H. 
Smytheowaki, Joseph 
Snelgrove, George H. 
Sorgler, John J. 
Stalliage, Amos 
Stonebury, William T. 
Steiner, Fred W. 
Sternick, Simson 
Stowers, Elisha 
Sullivan, Samuel L. 
Teal, Elmer E. 
Teal, Herbert G. 
Thompson. William L- 
Trainor, William J. 
Tranum, Charles 
Truce. George J. 
Valentine, Frank A. 
Jos. G. 



Van Horn, Harry L. 
Wallis, Vernon N. 
Warns, Frank H. 
Warren, John 
Watson, Charles C. 
Welsh, Walter F. 
Wells, Robert F. 
Wernke, W^illiam 
Whittington, Harold W. 
Wiberg, Godfrey E. 
Wilbanks. Llod 
Wilkenson, Glenn R. 
Williamson, James 
Winters, John F. 
Willing, Thomas J. 
Wilson. Leroy 
Winters. William C. 
Witt, William H. 
VVomble, Marion 
Yarousky, Louis 
Yucus, Joseph J. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Allee, William B. 
Ballard, Grover C. 
Bennett, Dave 
Benton. Charles L. 
Bory. Georqe J. 
Boyd. Harry B. 
Bray, Jos. C. 
Bridges. Luther 
Byrne, William 
Carolio, Crazio 
Brown, Allen B. 
Christensen, Andrev 
Davidson, James 
Day, Roy M. 
Drake, Henry 
Dunker, Harry J. 
Ferrigno. Lingo 
Grass. George 



Gernhardt. Frank E. 
Goldwaithe. Dwight 
Goodman, Nathan 
Green, Ralph O. 
Green, W'alter H. 
Haynes, Leroy 
Hayward, Armond 
Heitz, Charles P. 
Helmstetter, Charles P. 
Hodes, Isidore 
Houck, Bernard T. 
Hurlburt, Duane G. 
Isensee, Charles 
Kanges, Uro W. 
Kelley. Charles F. 
Kudlacek. John 
Lamont, William D. 
Lewis. Marquis D. 



Leiboon. Isidore 
Logan, George 
Lynch, James W. 
McEnroe, John 
Marino, Peter 
Metz, Walter C. 
Mullen, Clarence 
Nagangast, Frank 
Numm, Arthur 
Petropolis. Athanasius 
Pitcher. Ruben 
Potts. Thomas 
Price. Mobert L. 
Pryor. Robert B. 
Rahrig. Thomas 
Rose, Henry 
Salter, James M. 
Sanders. George 



Shimek. William 
Sparman, William F 
Shipes, Calvin 
Sluder, Cleny S. 
Stein, William D. 
Strauch, John 
Teal, Clifton M. 
Trasch, George J. 
Trust, Harry 
Tunis, Jesse W. 
Tuten, Rube 
Wager, Charles J. 
Umbro, Guiseppe 
Ware, William T. 
Wartinkoff, Arthur 
Welsh, James W. 
Williams, Charles 
Zietz, Philip M. 



Major 
Black, Walter E. 

Major 
McNicholas, Thos. G. 

Captain 
Wade, Thos. G. 

Captain 
Pritchett, Clifton A. 

Captain 
Mellon, Frank C. 



COMPANY "H" 

April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
Captain 
Landstreet, Robert S. 

First Lieutenant 
McCoy, Hugh 

First Lieutenant 
Fern, Richard L- 

First Lieutenant 
Bolton, Artie E. 



Second Lieutenant 
Badgett, Samuel B. 

Second Lieutenant 
Regan, Patrick 

Second Lieutenant 
Bee, H. Carroll 

Second Lieutenant 
Roberts, Kennard 

Second Lieutenant 
Walbrecher, NA'altcr 



ENLISTED MEN 



Allen, H. L. 
Allen, William P. 
Andrzejewski, Frank p. 
Anible, George W. 
Armour, Estle B. 
Atwood, Ed. N. 
Bagwell, Adolphus C. 
Bauer, DeWitt C. 
Bardroff, Charles F. 
Barry, Francis J. D. 
Beels, Charles H. 
Benson, Harry E. 
Bergren, Joseph 
Bernhart, Louis 
Berryhill, George 
Bettis, John A. 
Birsner, Frederick 
Blakley, Stephen 
Brocato, Samuel S. 
Brown, Charles W. 
Browne, Henry N. 
Brusak, Frank J. 
Bryan, Arthur C. 
Burns, Marshall 
Butler, Percy C. 
Butts, Charles 
Campeggi, Louis 
Cannova, Fillippo 
Carlson, Carl S. 
Carr, John J. 
Cassaro, Joe 
Cassaro, Joe E. 
Childs, Lawrence L. 
Christopher, Richard D. 
Christopher, Thos. E. 
Cervin, Charles C. 



Clemas, Peter 
Clements, Philip O. 
Clippinger, Herbert E. 
Collins, Thos. E. 
Cooper, Homer D. 
Craig. John A. 
Cramer, Geo. L. 
Cusimano, Frank 
Davis, Charles H. 
Davey, Hugh 
De Barardinis, Pietro 
Delcher, Harry C. 
Dlabich, Stanislaw 
Dillow, Howard M. 
Doyle, William A. 
Preisin, Sander 
Dugan, Henry C. 
Edlavilch, Harry 
Ellis, John VV. 
Emerich, Fred S., Jr. 
Eury, Geo. H. 
Farrell, Thos. 0. 
Fein, Joseph 
Ferguson, John E. 
Filbey, Edgar J. 
Fisher, Philip 
Fritsch, Leo J. 
Gage, William A. 
Gallagher, John L. 
Gans, Irving S. 
Garafola, Carmino 
Garlatti, Albert L. 
Getzel, Joseph L. 
Gerhardt, Nowman W. 
Gilbert, Paul R. 
Gillespie, Francis J. 



(ilendinning, Wesley A. 
Gnadt, Louis 
Gottfried, Elias 
Gower, Claude 
Green, Perch J. 
Grothmann, Henry A. 
Gulbar, James 
Hagner, Frank A. 
Hahn, Charles, Jr. 
Hamilton, Charles R. 
Hanauer, Wilbur R. 
Hancock, Charles A. 
Hartman, George 
Hargel, Casper J. 
Hilfman, Lalman 
Hiller, Winfried 
Hines, James M. 
Hrdlicka, Joseph 
Hytomen, Waino 
Hudson. Joe O. 
Humphries, John T. 
Huppman, Irving P. 
Johnson, Oscar C. 
Jones, Willis 
Kane, Joseph S. 
Karrer, Ralph 
Keegan, Michael A. 
Kembro, Geo. W. 
Kennedy, Chas. J. S. 
King, Howell A. 
Kirby, Hershel E. 
Koch, Albert C. 
Kolbe, Lloyd 
Klein, Bernard J. 
Knupp, Alfred J. 
Kerman, Sam 



Koubsky, Joseph, Jr. 
Leventhal, Solomon W. 
Linn, Williston M. 
Litz, Geo. E. 
Losek, \'^'ladyslaw 
Losinski, Joe B. 
Luke, Vernon E. 
Lynch, William C. 
McAllister, Walter A. 
McBee, Bunion L. 
McClain, Lee R. 
McGaine3', John P. 
McMahon, Robert J. 
McGainey, Hugh P. 
McMann, Vincent P. 
Mann, Andy J. 
Marks, Anthony 
Messinco, Antonio 
Mesczynski, John 
Michalkowisc, William 
Mitchell, Irving J. 
Mobley, Clifford D. 
Mohr, Geo. A. 
Morgerth, Frank 
Morgereth, Nicholas F. 
Morseberger, Edward C. 
Mortenson, Siegfried 
Mott, Albert P. 
Mucha, Frank 
Mullan, Theodore P. 
Muraeek, Andrew R. 
Nelson, Edward F. 
Nickel, Louis J. 
Nowoweiski, John 
O'Connor, Thos. C. 
Olson, Oscar H. 



"H'^ 



ENLISTED MEN 



Oskvig, Birt 
Palmer, Harry G. 
Parmullo, Frank 
Parchman, Geo. 
Payer, John P. 
Pedrozo, William E. 
Perry, John VV. 
Ports, Frederick M. 
Presno, Jesse E. 
Proper, John 
Prytz, Geo. E. 
Quante, Herbert C. 
Rebbert, Biirkhardt J. 
Reichert, Marcellus E. 
Reynolds, Floyd S. 
Roberts, Zelmer E. 
Rutkowski. Alexander 



Rzepny, Kostanty 
Saenger, John E. 
Scannel, Joseph M. 
Schminke, Frank J. 
Schuckman, Chas. G. 
Sedock, Mike 
Siedl, John J. 
Seliwiski, Alexander 
Shane, Frank J. 
Shipley, William E. 
Sielicki, Anthony 
Simons, Chas. F. 
Smith, Andrew. F. 
Smith, Thos. F. 
Spayd, William G. 
Stackhouse, Joe B. 
Stahanski, Julius 



Staubs, Le Roy N. 
Staunch, Geo. F. 
Stembridge, Regin'ld, Jr. 
St. Martin, Theodore 
Storms, Raymond 
Stover, Eli 
Streb, Thos. R. 
Strock, Dallas H. 
Summers, Theodore T. 
Surieno, Sebastian 
Teague, John S. 
Telmanski, Boleslaw 
Terry, William T. 
Torba, John 
Tormey, Joseph H. 
Towne, Kay W. 
Tugwell, Adoniran 



Uonkilski, Ignatz 
Vassilacopoulos, C. L. 
Walling, William H. 
VVarnelo, Victor 
West, Clement I. 
Williams, Arthur C. 
Willoughby, Albert A. 
W'illiams, Charles 
Wilson, Chester E. 
Wilson, Everitt B. 
Winkler, Allen C. 
Wisner. Edward E. 
Wood, Edward D. 
Woods, Harry R. 
Weisieski, Peter 
Yewell, Harim C. 
Young, Kenneth M. 



Anderson, Walter T. 
Bailey, Vernon T. 
Ball, George L., Jr. 
Ballman, Henry R. 
Benda, Frank 
Bess, Robert 
Bildner, John V. 
Blanton, Homer C. 
Bogdainski. Adam 
Booker, Edward L. 
Bowling, Millard F. 
Bright, Earl J. 
Burch, Ellicott 
Burns, Robert 
Buselmeier. Carl 
Butterfield, William J. 
Capiobianchi, B. 
Carroll, Thos. I. 
Cassale, Frank 
Chenoweth, Floyd 
Condon, George J. 
Connelly, Thos. C. 
Costin, Henrjr G. 
Cushman. Joseph B. 
Davidowitz, Joseph 
Delcher, Edward N. 
Dells, William E. 
Devereaux, Bernard 
Dickerson, Wallace 
Dietrick, Daniel 
Dudley, Robert R. 
Dunbar, Samuel 
Eberle, Robert C. 
Fitzpatrick, E. 



FORMER MEMBERS 
Flowers, Hinkle Mann, John 

Foley, Chas. H. Markey, Presley S. 

Franckowski, Alexander Martin, Thos. J. 
Gates, Horatio Martin, Elmer H. 

Gieze, John Meinshein, George J. 

Goodrich, Leonard C. Melhorn, Herman E. 
Gordon, William H., Jr. Melhorn, Robert I. 



Halpen, Max 
Harrell, Sparger M. 
Hine. Arthur B. 
Hobbs, Floyd 
Hoerl, Charles J. 
Hopper, Francis J. 
Jadinski, Henry 
Jacobs, Edwin H. 
Klaus, Frank 
Kelly, Joseph N. 
Key, Eugene 
Kimmelshue, Paul L. 
Kirk, Frank C. 
Kornisk, Michael 
Kowalski. A. 
Larkin, William E. 
Larrimore. William B. 
Lashook, Boris 
Lawson, Reginald 
Leisman, Nicholas 
Leist, Frederick 
Lerch, Charles S. 
Lilly, Medford G. 
Linck, Albert S. 
Litchfield, Hugh 
Louis, Horace L. 
Lynch, John 



J. 



ALischler. George T. 
Morris, William H. 
Murphy, William M. 
O'Brenna, Gerald 
O'Loughlin, Walter 
Opalecky, Frank J. 
Packie, Elmer H. 
Parr, Richard J. 
Parren, James H. 
Patterson, Claude H. 
Patton. Albert M. G. 
Peter, Osborn A. 
Petrino, Vincenzo 
Pielart, Geo. M. 
Pinkus, George 
Porter, John F. 
Quante, Jeffrey 
Quarles, Thomas 
Quigley, Martin J. 
Rappanier, Charles J. 
Rehl, Conrad 
Rice, Thomas W. J. 
Ruppert, John 
Rybak, Joseph 
Salvetti, J. R. 
Schehing, Geo. E. 
Schlimme, Albert 



Shipley, Robert G. 
Sindler, Louis E. 
Skipper, Parker 
Skopeck, Adam 
Shutt, CHfford D. 
Shufelt. Robert N. 
Slater, Richard E. 
Smith. Theodore M. 
Smith, L. J. 
Snyder. Frank 
Sommerman, Daniel 
Sparenberg, Chas. L. 
Sponsler, John M. 
Stastony, Eugene P. 
Stauch, Elmer F. 
Strouse, Moses 
Sullivan, Chas. J. 
Thaxton, John B. 
Thompson, Froney 
Tull, Louis E. 
Turek, Joseph S. 
Vail, Austin F. 
Walsh, Reginald 
Wagner, Benjamin J. 
Wiley, Ohrum W. 
Wimmer, Herman G. 
Whitemore, William 
Whittemore, Joseph 
Wood, George L. 
Yorke, Howard D. 
Zarensky, Alexander 
Zeller, Paul R. 
Zittinger, Le Roy A. 



231 



Captain 
Drake, Edward 
■ Captain 
^^'oodcDck:, Amos W. W. 

First Lieutenant 
Roche, John H. 

First Lieutenant 
Mosher, Seeley 

First Lieutenant 
Search, William W. 

First Lieutenant 
Heywood, Frank A. 

First Lieutenant 
Carey, Julian H. 

First Lieutenant 
Marsh, Paul E. 

First Lieutenant 
Hu!?hes, Charles L. 



COMPANY "1" 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
First Lieutenant 
Fearn, Richard L- 

First Lieutenant 
Brower, Bailey 

First Lieutenant 
Wade, John D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Baldwin, Harry W. 

Second Lieutenant 
Kinnear, Lester L. 

Second Lieuteilant 
Landstreet, Robert 

Second Lieutenant 
Grier, Alexander T. 

Second Lieutenant 
Bowersox, Francis C. 



Second Lieutenant 
Ruth, H. M. 

Second Lieutenant 
Phelps, Joseph S. 

Second Lieutenant 
Selby, John G. 

Second Lieutenant 
Singleton, William C. 

Second Lietitenant 
Robinson, John 

Second Lieutenant 
Moore, Wallace S. 

Second Lieutenant 
Dempsey, George A. 

Second Lieutenant 
Ragon, Thos. P. 

Second Lieutenant 
Robertson, John 



ENLISTED MEN 



Adams, Irving T. Cooper, Orville J. 

Adkins, Marion C. Coplin, Aaron 

Araundson, Alma V. Crouch, Homer H. 
Armb, Lorenzo V. Davis, Ira J. 

Babchenko, AnthonasiusDemeo, Francesco 



Bailey, George R. 
Ball. Arthur B. 
Barber, Floyd O. 
Bartell, George M. 
Bates, Ira W. 
Beauchamp, Barney A. 
Biddle, Frank E. 
Bigham, Roy W. 
Blucher, John H. 
Bodley, John G. 
Brewington, Glen A. 
Burk, John F. 
Byers, John A. 
Byrd, William J. 
Cahall, Roland 
Caldwell, George \\^ 
Cantwell, W^alton L. 
Carder, Edward T. 
Chairs, Thomas J. 
Chirilli, Dominico 
Chrest, Roy L. 
Clark. William L. 
Clavland, Daniel L. 



Disharoon, Wade S. 
Dixon, Ra>TTiond R. 
Dominiak, Vincent F. 
Donaldson, Ross D. 
Dorrell, James 
Duncan, Avery T. 
Eitniear, Frank W. 
Ennis, Walter W. 
Farmham, Ralph W. 
Feinour, Charles W. 
Fletcher, Norman J. 
Fontaine, Henry 
Foskey, Ernest N. 
Gallion, Charles W. 
Gans, Simon M. 
Gates, Anson N. 
Gaule. Stephen E. 
Gipe, George A. 
Godfrey, William J. 
Goldberg, Solomon S. 
Goldstaff, Nathan 
Goswellin, Webster C. 
Gray, Vaughn, T. 



Greer, William R. 
Griffith, Harvej' L. 
Griffiith, John B. 
Griffith, Randolph 
Haislip, Harry F. 
Hamblin, Horace S. 
Hardesty, Julian B. 
Hart, Norman 
Hastings, Claude H. 
Hastings, Marion L. 
Hilghman, John B. 
Hill, Clinton B. 
Hitch, Linwood 
Hobson, Edward R. 
HoUoway, Joshua R. 
Howard, Carlton P. 
Hudson, Erie I. 
Hudson, Thomas J. 
Humphreys, George F. 
ladersernia, Pasquale 
Ingersoll. John R. 
Insley, AUie 
Jacewicz, James 
Jarman, Shelby H. 
Jimison, Horace C. 
Jenkins. Albert C. 
Johnson. Edward H. 
Johnson, Joseph S. 



Johnston, John A. 
Jones, Lambert AI. 
Jones, Ronzie H. 
Jones, William N. 
Justis. Stanley I. 
Kendrick. Alonzo V. 
Kendrick, Warner C. 
Kilduff, John V. 
Kirby, Clarence S. 
Kozak, James C. 
Lane, Walter S. 
Layton, Elwood R. 
Leek. Clarence S. 
Leidecker. Charles R. 
Lipman, Arthur 
Lockner, John E. 
Loe, Bob. 
Loosa, Theodore 
Lowe, George W. 
Lutz, Joseph 
Lutholtz. Walter 
Maddox, Linwood 
Mananaphy, Hugh 
Martin, Archie A. 
Alartin, William T. 
McAllen, Walter J. 
McCafferty, Michael 
McCann, Thomas P. 



Companj) I" 



ENLISTED MEN 



McCarl, Charles 
McCauley, Elwood C. 
McClymont, Arthur 
McDaniel, Raymond F. 
McElwee, Joseph J. 
McGee, Arthur 
McKeown, Stanley 
McMahon, John 
' Mengheni, Enrico 
Millstein, Meyer 
Mitchell, Joseph P. 
Montague, Walter M. 
Moravec, Albert C. 
Morgan, Donald C. 
Morris, Nutter L. 
Morris, Dewey H. 
Morse, William K. 
Moss, Abraham 
Montville, Victor 
Murphy, John F. 
Murray, William J. 
Murry, Oliver 
Muse, Hervie 
Nickel, Harry W. 
Noble, Robert K. 
Ohler, Charles F. 



Oler, Robert 
Omssen, Joseph 
Oser, Fred 
Parker, -Charles 
Rape, Alfred F. 
Parsons, Alison J. 
Parsons, Lee R. 
Payne, George 
Piatt, Albert 
Plummer, Samuel C. 
Porchots, Walter 
Port, Adolph E. 
Prempert, Rony L. 
Pusey, Edward C. 
Quinn, John J. 
Ramey, James 
Rawson, Joseph B. 
Raynes, James R. 
Records, William S. 
Register, Frank W. 
Reitz, Louis H. 
Rejewski, Steve 
Renshaw, Eernest M. 
Renshaw, Leonard A. 
Richards, Bennett C. 
Riggin, Albert 



Romanotto, Crest 
Roth, Milton M. 
Ruppert, Martin 
Sanders, Tom M. 
Schecteman, Jacob 
Schnitzlein, John C. 
Schroeder, Henry 
Schumacher, John C. 
Scott, Claud D. 
Seger, Claude F. 
Selamtano, John E. 
Schaffer, Alfred T. 
Shaughnessy, Joseph 
Sherridan, Charles J. 
Shores, Otis W. 
Siegle, Carl 
Siegler, George R. 
Simonson, Sebert P. 
Smith, Harry W. 
Smith, Dan 
SmuUen, W'illiam 
Shon, Harry J. 
Solie, Oscar 
Spielman, William F. 
Sroor. Constantine 
Steinmetz, William F. 



Sterner, Ralph 
Stosick, Ben B. 
Tamasauska, Rokus 
Taj'lor, Elmer L. 
Teal, Edward 
Thompson, Guy H. 
Tilghman, Carl W. 
Towers, John M. 
Travers, Robert E. 
Trott, Marvin C. 
Truitt, Clyde G. 
Tubbs, William N. 
Turner, Daniel W. 
Vane, Joseph R. 
Waller, Loolin P. 
Warner, Roy C. 
Way, George B. 
We3'mouth, Charles A. 
White, Benjamin 
White, Edward R. 
Whitmore, Samuel A. 
Winfree, Dennis M. 
Winters, Richard J. 
Wistar, Willis A. 
Wolley, Stephen L. 
Yegelwel, Israel 



Atherton, Carlysle W. 
Baer, Bainard M. 
Baker, Denard J. 
Baker, Nelson E. 
Bauman, Raymond F. 
Baysinger, Russell O. 
Beyers, John A. 
Berline, Roland H. 
Blackburn, Earle W. 
Booth, Edwin W. 
Bounds, Millard H. 
Bowen, Russell O. 
Brewer, William B. 
Bridge, Ray 
Bromley, Wilson J. 
Bullock, Clarence 
Buck, Eugene P. 
Burman, Charles L- 
Callahan, Frank M. 
Campbell, Jennings B. 
Cantwell, "oilie 
Carey, Walter J. 
Carey, Olin H. 



Cassidy, Joseph 
Colana, Ernest 
Collins, Freland 
Collins, William 
Corwin, James 
Cordrey, Glen W. 
Cullison, George 
Darling, John W. 
Dashield, Percy 
Davidson, Maurice J. 
Davis, Albert T. 
Davis, Clarence S. 
Davis, Charles E. 
Davis, George B. 
Daugherty, William J 
Delker, John 
Dennis, James 



FORMER MEMBERS 

Fisher, George 
Foskel, Frederick 
Foley, Edward W. 
Foster, Harvey J. 
Cagliano, Charles R. 
Carey, William 
Goodale, George F. 
Gordy, Vaughn T. 
Guler, Harry F. 
Hall, Lester A. 
Hamilton, Perrjf 
Hastings, Cecil W. 
Hassencamp, Paul R. 
Hesidenz, C. J. 
Heath, Percy 
Hillman, Linwood 
Hoem, Frank 



Disharoon, Prettyman L.Hopkins, Claude H. 
Doughtery, Bernard J. Hopkins, Oran W. 



Dryden, Dixie D. 
Dryden. Orville G. 
Ennis, George W'. 
Ennis, Willard 



Hudson, Alfred 
Hjaison, William J. 
Ireland. R. T. 
Janiello, Hugo 



Johnson, William B. 
Johnson, Roland E. 
Jones, William G. 
Kemp, Roland E. 
Hollander, Samson 
Kaniecki, Frank J. 
Kelley, John J. 
Kerr, Maurice J. 
Keehan, Howard 
Kunze, Charles F. 
Larkin, Edward J. 
Leary, Thomas J. 
Lemke, Edward A. 
Lewis, Edgar 
Littleton, Albert W. 
Lloyd, Davis 
Loane, Frank 
Luckett, Philip A. 
Mallon, George 
Malone, George S. 
McClymont, Theodore 
Mcnzica, Frank 
Messick, Dewy 



233 



Company I 



Miller, Adam 
Miller, Harr3' 
Nazzaro, Frank 
Neal, William 
Nann3', Oliver 
Xovak, William 
Parks, Donald C. 
Parsons, Elijah \". 
Pindell, \Mlliam 
Pinder. Frank T. 
Porter, Edward M. 
Potee, Charles D. 
Purnell, Edgar 
Preiss, John 
Robinson, Charles K. 
Robertson, Henry L. 



FORMER MEMBERS 

Robertson, James H. Skipper, James E. 
Rockwell, Everitt A. Sluss, Ralph A. 
Rosen, Isidor Smith, Joseph S. 

Ruppertsberger, WilliamSmulIen, Larry C 



Ruby, Grayson 
Ruick, Perry F, 
Runjon, Richard 
Rush, George H. 
Russell, James S. 
Sachs, Charles C. 
Sachs, Herman I. 
Scholl. A. R. 
Scherrer, Raymond 
Shew, Brent 
Shields. Shelby T. 
P.Shultz. Arthur 



Snyder, Edward W. 
Somerw-erck, Robert 
Spring, Rodney, 
Steenberg, Emanuel H. 
Studinski, Max J. 
Szulczswki, Frank 
Swartz, Leo 
Taylor, Ralph A. 
Tilghman, Walter E. 
^'ernon, Cornelius 
^'alliencourt, Thomas 
Vincent, Alree 



Wagner, Fred 
Watson, Roy 
Watterson, David 
W eidman, Alexander 
\\ ebb, Sherman 
White, L Olin 
Widger, Harry E. 
Wilkinson, Norde L. 
\\'illoughby, Harry 
\\'illing, Walter J. 
Willis, Joe 
\A'imbro\v, Peter D. 
\\'immer, Warren W. 
Wolf, Frank L. 
Knapp, George E. 
Tasona, Ben G. 



Captain 
Shannon, Raymond F, 

Captain 
Thompson, George A, 

Captain 
Lee, E. Brooke 

First Lieutenant 
Cissel, E. Carroll 

First Lieutenant 
Bo^-le. James 

First Lieutenant 
Boyle, James 



Ainsworth, Bush 
Androsick, Michael 
Arbuckle, Alva Louis 
August, Albert F, 
Austin, Frederick \\'m. 
Babbington, Thomas A. 
Babrick, Michael 
Bamforth, Roy 
Barber, Ellis R. 
Barber, Philip W. 
Barnes, James P. 
Beall, William O. 



COMPANY "K" 

April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Katzenburger, \\"alter 

First Lieutenant 
Lilley, Merv3-n E. 

First Lieutenant 
Butler, Harrj^ 

Second Lieutenant 
Gurnett, Floyd E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Hicks, Alec 

Second Lieutenant 
Sprague. Chandler 

ENLISTED MEN 



Second Lieutenant 
Duncan, Alexander 

Second Lieutenant 
Patterson, Alark 

Second Lieutenant 
O'Connell, Daniel 

Second Lieutenant 
Gregory, Hugh B. 

Second Lieutenant 
Morgan, H. Hart 

Second Lieutenant 
Schroeder, Bert B. 



Bell, Louis 
Bloss, Joseph S. 
Boerre, Raymond 
Borkowski, Joseph 
Boyd, John E. 
Bramlitt, Charles 
Briscoe, William H. W, 
Brittle, Waverly L. 
Broadhurst, Colin J. 
Brockschmidt, \\ illiam J, 
Br\-ant, Vernon R. R. 
Burdette, Edwin D. 



Burdette, Paul L. 
Buechman, Francis W. 
Caiazzo, Adamo 
Carner, William E. 
Chastain, Joe G, 
Clements, George E. 
Costen, Gerald W. 
Crawle}', Ernest 
Crist, George E. 
Czlapinski, Joseph F, 
Davis, Charles D. 
Davis, Levi R. 



Dearing, Charles E. 
DeGrange, Benjamin J. 
Drosin, George J, 
Dunker, Harry J. 
Edging, Jay R. 
Eslin, Henry C. 
Everhart, John D, 
Fiddis, Joseph R. 
Flarerty, Robert J, 
Foltz, Anthony' 
French, Harry 
Frietsch, Joseph J, 



'K" 



ENLISTED MEN 



Fugate, Richard C. 
Fuller, Juston 
Galaris, Kirakos 
Garrett, Joseph 
Gerk, Fred 
Gill, Russell B. 
Gorski, Joseph 
Gnizdouski, Steve 
Gould. George P. 
Graber, Louis J. 
Green, Elzy, D. 
Guinn, TTiomas E. 
Hall, Raymond S. 
Hemrick. Robert K. 
Hansen, Jorgan L. 
Hardy, Albert U. 
Hardy, Robert M. 
Harrington, William 
Harris, Ura C. 
Hart, Raymond 
Ha3'nes, Augustus F. 
Henry, John M. 
Higgins, Alvin E. 
Hightower, Ernest E. 
Hogg. Frederick G. 
Holley, Clifford B. 
Holt, Thomas 
Horn, Frederick 
Howser, Earl E. 
Isaacson, VVaino T. 
Jenkins, Charlie 
Johnson, Archie 
Johnson, Carl A; 
Jones, Freddie W. 
Keating, James 
Kelly, Patrick 



Keranean, Jacob E. 
Klauser, John 
Knight. Herbert 
Koenigsmest, Nathan 
Kopanski, Joseph 
Kopulos, Peter 
Kort. Daniel 
Kraus, George W. 
Krieger, Charles iM. 
Kriss. Frank 
Lambert, Henry 
LaSalle, Frank J. 
Latham, Charles 
Lease, Carl 
Eighty, Orvel R. 
Lindo, Manuel O. 
Lindsay. Mason D. 
Lindsay, Edward 
Lindsay, Joseph 
Lindstrom, Charles 
Loeschke, Richard 
Logan, Charles B. 
Lohrig, Charles E. 
Long, Preston 
Lowe, Willie 
Lynch. Charles W. 
Lynds. Edwin M. 
McAvoy, Joseph W. 
McCreery, Ralph D. 
McDevitt. Paul 
McFarland. Rodger 
McKinle, \\'alter 
Meskill, Michael 
Michael, Stanley H. 
Milex, Frank 



Miller, Cicero 
Miller, Caesar E. 
Million, Crawford D. 
Maud, Bert B. 
Naverro, Ysidro 
Needham, Thomas G. 
Nelson, William 
Norris, Lamar \A'. 
Norwood. Oliver 
Notari. Peter 
O'Connell, John J. 
Odenhall, Thomas F. 
O'Hagan. James 
Ott. Peter J. 
Partridge, Michael T. 
Paul, Robert H. 
Payne, Clarence H. 
Pearson, Sydney 
Pierce, Charles E. 
Podlesnel, Stephen 
Princko, George 
Proctor, Aubrey 
Ragland, Oakley J. 
Reed, Marion W. 
Richter. Bruno. 
Ring, Harry 
Ritter. Frederick M. 
Roberts, Maurice 
Roberts, Richard 
Robinette, Ross H. 
Rose. Hilleary O. 
Rosinski. Samuel 
Ross. Albert L. 
Russell. Archie G. 
Russell. William C. 



Sams. James 
Sanders. James H. 
Schanze, George L. 
Schaub, Michael 
Seek, Everett L. 
Semler. Scott 
Shell, Harvey 
Shields, Lester 
Shields, William 
Siems, Fred C. 
Silverman, Max 
Smith, Robin S. 
Smith. Vincent F. 
Smither. Philip S. 
Solhem. Ernest 
Sparks. Edward D. 
Springirth. Clarence E. 
Sprinkle, Henry 
Stansoins, Frank 
Stewart. Alva E. 
Stiegler, George E. 
Stratton. John M. 
Strauch, John 
Stubbs. Kenneth F. 
Sweitzer. Louis R. 
Szeuck. Lofil 
Thompson. Hugh O. 
\"icker. James O. 
\A"allace. Lonnie 
Walczak. Joseph 
\A'aters. George E. 
Watkins, Paul 
Waugh, William 
Young. Charles L. 
Zimmerman. iMarcel 
Zuerner, Earl S. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Allen, Frank H. 
Anderson, George 
Barnes, William 
Baker, Rubin 
Barber, Charles 
Beall. Roby 
Beaton. 
Best, John 
Becraft, Raymond 
Bernhart, Everitt 
Bishop. Leslie 
Bovetti, Joseph 
Brandford, Samuel 



Brandenburg, Roy 
Bobart, Charles 
Bosher, Clifton 
Buffin, James M. 
Bucking, Harry 
Burdette, Wilmer 
Burk, William Sullivan 
Bucklj^ Mayo C. 
Burriss, Ollie 
Burriss, Roland 
Caddell. Samuel J. 
Carlson. Roy A. 
Chapman. Morton H. 



Cissel, Joseph 
Cohen, Michael 
Collins, Hugh W. 
Coonan, Leo C. 
Corn. Charles S. 
Cornelius, Edgar W. 
Cotter, William 
Crist. Arthur L. 
Compher, Wilifred 
Dailej^ Frank 
Davern, William C. 
Davis, William 
Davidson, Joseph S. 



Daymude, Ernest 
D'Elia, Pasquale 
Devine, Herman 
Dibber, Carol L. 
Dittmar, Christian 
Dixon, Carl E. 
Donnelly, George 
Dorsey. Joseph D. 
Drexler. Albert 
Drook. Arlie E. 
DuYal. John C. 
Du\"al. Clarence F. 
Egan. Tames E. 



Company' K 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Eliott, John ,S. 
Everheart, William 
Faretti, John 
Fleischman, Frank E. 
Fleschner, George C. 
Fletcher, George C. 
Fox. Harry F. 
Frank, Raymond G. 
Fling, Harry 
Follin, Wliliam H. 
Franklin, Neale 
Gately, Raymond 
Green, Albert 
Gemma, Guiseppe 
Gill, James A. 
Gladden, Harry 
Garber, Jacob H. 
Glass, William 
Gormerly, Philip 
Grimes, George W. 
Gladman, John 
Gryczt, Vincent 
Gluckstein, Isidore 
Hartman, Milton 
Heisler, James E. 
Hood, George A. 
Hoppe, John, H. E. 
Howard, John T. 
Howes, Lloyd E. 
Hull, Joseph 
Hull, Paul L. 
Hutchins, Slillson 
Humphreys, John T. 
Hyland, William 



Jacobs, Leon 
Jann, William 
Jackson, William 
Johnson, Ralph 
Jones, James B. 
Jordan, Ralph 
Jordan, Clarence G. 
Jordan, Percy 
Larman, William C, 
Lovenback, M3'er 
Lewis, Wm. W. 
Lindsay, John H. 
Linthicum, Paul C. 
Livingston, Elmar W. 
Lizear, Frances 
Long, Samuel 
Ltindy, James L. 
Lafferty, Stewart 
Maglov, Joseph 
Martin, Richard L 
Marks, William 
Miles, Harry 
Meyer, Alvin 
Mase, Antonio 
Massey, Peter L. 
McCahon, Howard 
Miller, Peter 
Mills, Nathan T. 
Mulnick, Hyman 
Odenhal, Harry 
Owens, Glenn F, 
Page, Townsend 
Parks, Russell H. 
Payne, Floyd 



Payne, William 
Pelleiter, Francis A. 
Pistoria, Frank 
Plummer, George M. 
Plummer, Robert 
Potter, Edward F. 
Pearson, Richard 
Poole, Harry 
Price, Maurice 
Raney, James P. 
Riggie, George W. 
Richards, Clark 
Rohrer, William 
Roeder, James E, 
Ross, A, H. 
Ross, Francis 
Rudssill, Harry E. 
Satterfield, Hubert 
Saxon, John W. 
Scarcelli, Frank 
Schaeffer, Carl 
Sheppard, Arthur L. 
Shoemaker, Richard 
Simrains, James 
Sinnott, Matthew T, 
Sitze, George 
Small, Leroy 
Smith, Norman T. 
Smith, Adam 
Smith, John J. 
Smooth, Lawrence 
Spire, Ralph D. 
Springirth, Carl 
Stack, Daniel 



Stallings, Irving H. 
Souder, George 
Stefankiewiez, James 
Stevens, E. E. 
Stevens, James 
Storck, Charles 
Strande, Johannes 
Strother, Clinton 
Sweeny, John 
Sweeny, John 
Tolsky, James 
Tucker, Author 
Turner, Charles 
Van Horn, Ernest 
Van Horn, George 
Vatter, Owen 
Ulrich, George 
Waddell, Clair 
Wagner, John 
Walshe, Robert J. 
Walter, John 
Ware, William 
Warthan, Willard 
Webber, John 
Weinstein, George 
Wells, Frederick 
Widmeyer, Charles 
Wilburn, George E. 
Williams, Arthur 
Williams, Charles 
Wizvkowski, Stanislaw 
Wright, Haddox 
Wright, Irving A. 
Youngbar, Andy 



COMPANY "L" 
April 1, 1919 



Captain 
Wagner, John H. 

First Lieutenant 
Fusselbaugh, Robt,, Jr. 

First Lieutenant 
O'Connell, Daniel 

First Lieutenant 
Ward, Carl 

First Lieutenant 
Gregory, Hugh B. 

First Lieutenant 
Katzenberger, Walter 



OFFICERS 

First Lieutenant 
Laws, Robert W. 

First Lieutenant 
Mackall, Milton B. 

First Lieutenant 
Matthews, Charles N. 

First Lieutenant 
Perkins, Boyd W. 

First Lieutenant 
Tydings, Millard E. 



Second Lieutenant 
Tumulty, Charles J. 

Second Lieutenant 
Mclver, James 

Second Lieutenant 
Miller, Willard E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Oehrl, Harry W. 

Second Lieutenant 
Robinson, Thomas N. 

Second Lieutenant 
Thierault, John 



Company L 



ENLISTED MEN 



Adam, Philip J. 
Aiello, Guiseppe 
Arendt, John F. 
Austin, Glenn 
Ballard, John A. 
Banahan, Raymond F. 
Barton, James E. 
Beck, John A. 
Beiber, Max 
Bennett, Samuel C. 
Bennett, Walter 
Bignami, Faust 
Blades, Loda A. 
Bowers, George E. 
Bosman, George VV. 
Bradshaw, Curtis C. 
Breckenridge, Purley M, 
Bridenthal, Omer V. 
Britt, Charles R. 
Bretman, Walter F. 
Burnotes, Walter A. 
Byrne, W^illiam E. 
Carew, John N. 
Carman, John W. 
Carter, Avery W. 
Chambers, Ulysses G. 
Chaney, John F. 
Chappas, Charles T. 
Clark, Arthur 
Clements, Clarence R. 
Clemson, John C. 
Cocco, Guiseppe 
Connell, Philip 
ConoUey, Earl 
Cox, Daniel W. 
Crockett, Edgar L. 
Curtis, Wilbur L. 
Daily, Edward N. 
Daniels, George E. 
Daugherty, Robert L. 
Davis, John S. 
Davison, Ray L. 
DeWitt, William J. 
Dize, Sherman 
Donnely, Charles A. 
Duble, WiUiam N. 
Dugan, Walter 
Dulaney, Philip B. 
Dunbar, Millard F. 
Earle, William R. 
Eastep, Monroe 



Emanuel. Pierce 
Evans, Bruce S. 
Evans, Lehman R. 
Evans, Walter G. 
Falter, John F. 
Fanelli, Peter 
Ferrise, John 
Fischer, George 
Fischer, William 
Forstein, Max 
Fray, Joseph 
Gale, John W. 
Galluzzo, Michael 
Gernhart, Frank E. 
Gillette, Alonzo 
Gittinger, Alexander B. 
'. Gonce, Louis A. 
Goodman, Joseph 
Gorsuch, Thomas M. 
Gorub, Joseph F. 
Gosnell, Henry 
Gross, Jacob O. 
Guckert, Christopher F. 
Gue, Harvey R. 
Guilbert, Emery J. 
Hanchuk, Afanas 
Hancock, Frank 
Hand, Carroll F. 
Hansen, Hans 
Harrison, William F. 
Hayes, Roy M. 
Heath, Marby L. 
Hinsley, Austin 
Holland, Leo 
Holmes, William E. 
Hoover, William G. 
Home, Alexander 
Hoskins, Edward P. 
Howard, Grason 
Howard, John T. 
Howie, James P. 
Hulsizer, Edward W. 
Jefifers, Dana S. 
Johnson, Herman C. 
Johnson, Joseph A. 
Johnson, Luther H. 
Juchems, Ben 
Kane, Edward J. 
Kapagain, Samuel 
Kaplan, Jack 
Karet, Jacob A. 



Keen, Henry M. 
Kelly, Peter 
King, Harold R. 
Kirwin, John R. 
Kisyk, Boleslaw 
Klakeg, Knut 
Klick, John T. 
Kochis, Mick 
Konczyk, Casimer L- 
Kornfield, Max A. 
Koval, John S. 
Kriner, George C. 
Krison, William J. 
Krueger, Herman F. W 

Kuehne, Milton R. 

Kufeld, Benjamin 

Kuhn. John L 

Lambdin, Frank G. 

Landon, James R. 

Linton. Wilbert H. 

Loop, Ben F. 

Ludzue, William 

McCarty, Prentiss E. 

McComas, George F. 

McKay, William J. 

McMechen, George O. 

McNaron, Curtis 

Maiers, Frederick H. 

Mallett, Herbert E. 

Mallett. William L. 

Mann, Thomas H. 

Martin, Clarence L. 

Martin, Joe 

Marting, Orlando W. 

Maurice. George H. 

Melton, Lee R. 

Merrifield, Charles F. 

Merson, Albert 

Mikkola, William F. 

Milbourne, Roy W. 

Milbourne, Sherman 

Miller, Clyde E. 

Miller, Frank F. 

Miller, Jacob H. 

Morris, Harry 

Muir, Van B. 

Murphy, Joseph A. 

Myers, George H. 

Nelson, John W. 

Nelson, Ray 

Nitsche, Alfred E. 



Novak, Stephen 
Noyes, William R. 
O'Connor, George L. 
O'Neill, James M. 
Parisi, Tobia 
Parks, Charles R. 
Piakutowski, Frank T. 
Przestwor. Steve K. 
Puketsky, Issie 
Rausch, Edward 
Rayfield, Robert H. 
Reechel, Otto 
Roberts, Thomas W. 
Rose. Bruno 
Roshke. Abe 
Sadler. William E. 
Sallatte. Joseph, Jr. 
Schrum, John 
Seabrease, Howard E. 
Seeley. Clare 
Serahni. Lorenzo 
Shaffer, John 
Sien, Joe 
Silk, Edward M. 
Simmons, John W. 
Simpson, William E. 
Sims, George E. 
Sinsheimer, Leo 
Skaggs, Jenk W. 
Smith. Ralph 
Spurlin, Stanford 
Staszezak, William 
Stelke, Joseph 
Sterling, Gordon 
Sterling, Wellington 
Stone, Archie B. 
Sykes, Jafary W. 
Tawes, John Ellis 
Timm, William F. 
Tutwiler, Millard N. 
Tyler, Isaac J. 
Ullrich, William P. 
Vernon, Louis 
Walker, Emory E. 
Wallace, George R. 
Warren, William L. 
Wehrmann, August W. 
Weiss. Morris 
White, Harold L. 
Whitney, John W. 
Whittaker, Pattie 



c 



.ompany 



"L" 



ENLISTED MEN 
Whittington, Thomas H. Wilson. Lloyd L- \\'right, Joseph A. 

Wilmarth, Harold AI. \^■ilson, Ralph W. Yeager, Alfred P. 



Wilson. Jesse T. 



^^"inn, Henry J. 



Young. Edward I. 



Zaharis, Louis 
Zasada, Josef 
Zirk. August 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Abendschein. George 
Adams, Willis 
Alcorn, Edwin G. 
Alexander, James S. 
Allen. Thomas A. 
Aronopsky, Herman 
Aronson, Nathan 
Ashmead, Lacey F. 
Awner, Maurice 
Baker, James M. 
Barbour, George J. 
Bedsworth. Rufus 
Bennett. Leroy 
Berger. Frederick 
Bisesi, John A. 
Blueford, \\"illiam J. 
Boatman, Gordon 
Boston, Norris R. 
Brown, Herman 
Byrd, John B. 
Byrd, John E. 
Carlisle, Alack H. 
Casserly, John AL 
Catlin, Rupert \'\". 
Clark, Lewis 
Coffin, Roscoe T. 
Colbert, Edward I. 
Collins, Judson R. 
Connor, John T. 
Cox, John E. A. 
Coxon, Alarshall 
Crawford, Charles 
Crowley, Fred C. 
Dalton, Richard 
Dame, Leo 
Diangelo, James J. 
Dinnis, George H. 
Ditto, William D. 
Doherty, Raymond F. 
Drost, Joseph 
Dundon, John AI. 
Durch, Frank 
Dyser, John 
FHDert, Charles 
Ennis, Luther H. 
Bates, Herman 



Ensor, Walter H. 
Erdmen, David D. 
Fallacci, Carle 
Field, Henry W. 
Finnerty, Thomas 
Flack, Benjamin W. 
Flaherty, John J. 
Fluhart, Noah A. 
Forman, John A. 
Foxwell, Raj'mond L. 
Gibson, Thomas 
Glassberg, Ellis 
Glock, Harry J. 
Goodo, Arthur L. 
Gore, Leroy 
Grace, Robert 
Grey, Arthur P. 
Griebel, John L. 
Grollman, Aaron 
Gross. Charles H. 
Hagman, Carl P. 
Hammann, Henry C. 
Hansell, Thomas B. 
Hartley, Jennings B. 
Hartley, Joseph E. 
Heimiller, George C. 
Henke, John 
Hertel, Charles 
Hinman, Roland G. 
Hoffman, George W. 
Hoffman, Roland 
Holden, Garey N. 
Holm, Herman C. 
Holman, George N. 
Hoover, John H. 
Horberg, Oscar 
Hauck, Samuel P. 
Isensee, Frank P. 
James, Stephen L. 
Jennetta, John J. 
Jones, Alonzo G. 
Kane, Garey 
Karlivitz, Joseph A. 
Karp, Alichael 
Kelly, Edward C. 
Kamp, Edward C. 



Kelly, Edward C. 
Kamp, Joseph B. 
Kennedy, Charles 
Kessler, Hyman K. 
Kidd, Jesse B. 
Killman. Other 
Kimmel, Charles E. 
Keet, George W. 
Lach. Peter 
Lambdon, Howard L. 
Lambert, Ralph L. 
Lameski, James 
Landon, Charles 
Lankford. Charles A. 
LaRose. Frank 
Lawson. Austin P. 
Lawson, George P. 
League, William C. 
Leister. Noble 
Lescallette, Harry W. 
Lilley, William L- 
List. Charles A. 
Loftin. Fuller 
Long, John, Jr. 
AIcNutt, Thomas S. 
A'lcShane. Bernard J. 
A'laddrix, Arza J. 
Alilbourne, John W. 
AliUs, Arthur AI. 
Aliller, V\'alton 
Alodson, Howard E. 
Aloltz, Henry AL 
Alonteleone, Cesare 
Aloore. James L- 
A'loore, Nevelle G. 
Alurphy, Thomas E. 
Alurray, Fred 
Nelson, Harvey E. 
Norris, Walter C. 
O'Brien, George T. 
O'Brien. John D. 
O'Brien, John R. 
OHara, William 
Orndorff. George 
Pagono, Nicholas 
Pair, William B. 



Papdopulis, John K. 
Parker, Willard P. 
Patton. Herbert 
Paul, William A. 
Peoples, Paul 
Philistorek. Alexander 
Poss, Edwin C. 
Pusey. Frederick D. 
Rader. John 
Ramsey, Osman 
Raycraft. Joseph J. 
Reckord. Arthur L. 
Riggin. Dale S. 
Riggin, Ralph 
Riley. Peter H. 
Rogers. Robert V. 
Rogers, \\'illiam L. 
Roppelt. Joseph 
Royston. William L 
Rj'an. Joseph A. 
Saxton, Earl 
Scott. Edward 
Shaw. Edgar 
Shinck. William L. 
Shores. Sol S. 
Shriner. Allison H. 
Smith, Adam 
Smith, Joseph 
Smith, Paul B. 
Smith, Robert L 
Smith, Trudie 
Solum, Haas 
Speck, Alfred J. 
Squires. Henry 
Standridge, Boyd 
Stamkvich, Joseph 
Sterling, Bennett T. 
Sterling, Elton AL 
Stewart, Howard 
Storm, Samuel 
Sullivan, John B. 
Sunshine. Harry 
Tankersley. Crawford 
Tawes. Edward R. 
Thomas. George AL 
Thorington, Robert F. 



"L" 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Thorne, \\'illiam 
Tilling, Joseph A. 
Tinsley, NoUon L. 
Todd, Elbert :\I. 
Towers. Elmer X. 
Trepolsky, Harrj' 
Tull, William 



Valdivia, Arlie 
Valzch, Michael 
Waidner, George E. 
Walker, Carl M. 
Walker, Martin G. 
Walker, Paul J. 
Walker, Philip L. 



Walter, Martin O. 
Ward, Arza J. 
Watson, Allen R. 
Watson, Robert M. 
Weaver, William H. 
Webster, George P. 
Wells, Ernest 



Wessels, John T. 
Williams, Laurence 
Wolf, Chester J. 
Yates, Donald R. 
Zacks, Joseph 
Zumbrum, Otis W. 



Captain 
Butler, Harry C. 

Captain 
Knight, James C. 

Captain 
Wade, John D. 

First Lieutenant 
Brockman, Robert H. 

First Lieutenant 
Merritt, Samuel A. 



Adams. Charles D. 
Alfano, Salvatore 
Amos. Glenn E. 
x^pplegate, Rosewell W 
Bauer, Louis 
Bell, Davis H. 
Bell. William H. 
Benner, Joseph JiL 
Biddle, Alonzo G. 
Bopp, John E. 
Bopst, John H. 
Boone, John R. 
Beyer, George R. H. 
Boyle, Theodore C. 
Brady, Theodore C. 
Britton. Samuel J. 
Bryant, Doran G. 
Bryant, Clarence J. 
Burackiowiecz, Joseph 
Burch, Thomas B. 
Callahan, Albert L. 



COMPANY "M" 
April 1, 1919 

OFFICERS 
First Lieutenant 

Truett, John H. 

First Lieutenant 

Holley. Andreaz Z. 

First Lieutenant 
Dawes, Oscar V. 

First Lieutenant 
Rutan, Abraham 

First Lieutenant 
Mosher, Seeley E. 

Second Lieutenant 
Dempsey, George A. 



ENLISTED MEM 

Canada, Judson 
Cantwell, Elmer E. 
Carro, Joseph 
Chrystal, Victor M. 
Cinnelli, Enrico 
Cark, George 
Coates, Robert A. 
Coffin, Harod F. 
Coleman, Enloe 
Coleman, Norman T. 
Collins, George E. 
Cummings, Eugene 
Cranford, Albert F. 
Curran, John F. 
Czerwinski, Stephen J 
DeAndrea, Nicholas 
Davis, Elmore 
Day, Thomas \\'. 
Dennison. Jesse 
DeVillers. Henry C. 
Drury. John W. 



Second Lieutenant 
Gilmore, Ralph P. 

Second Lieutenant 
Duncan, Alexander M. 

Second Lieutenant 
Robertson, Thomas D. 

Second Lieutenant 
Adams, William S. 

Second Lieutenant 
Singleton, William C. 



Dutiv, Edward J. 
Dunaj, Michael J. 
Dunphy, Lester G. 
Ernsberger, Frank H. 
Everett, Rucker 
Ezop, Joseph L. 
Fangmeyer, Frank B. 
Farrell, Francis X. 
Fielding, Frank 
Franke, Dwight M. 
Franke, Reggie T. 
French, Samuel J. 
Gahan, James P. 
Gallery, William 
Gardner, George H. 
Garner, Raymond W. 
Gillenwater, Anson L. 
Golden, Eugene B. 
Golden, Rose W. 
Grewe. Charles E. 
Grouse, Henry C. 



Guffey, Arvell, 
Haewsky, Albert 
Hale, Isaca C. 
Hale, Wilburn L. 
Hall. Lloyd J. 
Hanley, James G. 
Harvey, Thomas C. 
Heiner, Frederick J. 
Henley, Luther 
Herron, Davis C. 
Hess, Lorah P. 
Hickman, Leates V. 
Hissey, Edward C. 
Hogan, Joseph D. 
Holland, John B. 
Hubbard, Alonzo A. 
Hubbard, William F. 
Hull, David J. 
Hybert, William L. 
Ireland, Richard H. 
Isope. August 



Company' M 



ENLISTED MEN 



Izzo, Frank P. 
Jackson, Algia D. 
Jacobson, Paul L. 
Jeanes, Odis 
Johnson, Benjamin 
Johnson, George E. 
Johnson, Robert 
Johnston, Thomas J. 
Jones, Melvin 
Kazmucha, Walter J. 
Kempe, Leonard J. 
Kirk, Frank P. 
Kober, Charles F. 
Koster, Charley A. 
Kubow, Walter T. 
Lacrois, Joseph L. 
Laufer, John M. 
Lawley, Burvle J. 
Lee, Arthur G. 
Lee, Edward A. 
Lenz, Roy C. 
Lewandowski, John G. 
Lillo. Angelo 
Lindquist, Byron 
Litsinger, Warren C. 
Lloyd, John W. 
Lockte, Albert J. 
Lorea, Samuel J. 
McCoy, Lawrence J. 
Maloney, Hugh G. 
Manley, Oscar P. 



Atchison, Delbert 
Bartolome, Watson T. 
Berryhill, Thomas A. 
Boynton, Alton A. 
Burnside, Thomas 
Busch, George E. 
Bracato, Samuel J. 
Boyer, John A. 
Campbell, Francis J. 
Campbell, James A. 
Clayton, Edward 
Claler, Columbus E. 
Cox, Lester S. 
Cranford, James R. 
Curtsinger, Guy O. 
Delman, David S. 
Drury, Joseph A. 
Deb Balzo, Louis 



Markwell, Clyde M. 
Martines, Howard E. 
j^'Iartines, Ira M. 
!Mattas, Joseph 
Metty, Robert J. 
Myer, Henry 
Michel, Joseph C. 
Michilovvicz, Stanley 
Miley, Poul L. 
Miller, Carlos D. 
Minnick. Francis A. 
Mischnick, Alartin 
Mitchell, William A. 
Mollico, Giovanni 
Morrell, Frank E. 
Murphy, Ralph 
Myers, Jacob L. 
Nelson, Harry C. 
Nicholos, Dood 
Paxton, James C. 
Peters, John W. 
Phillips, Joseph G. 
Pickle, Louis D. 
Pietros, John 
Powell, William H. H. 
Praether. Graffin S. 
Price, Albert E. 
Price, William S. 
Quade, Albert E. 
Rankin. Elmer E. 
Rehm, Frank A. 



Richards, Charles W. 
Rokos, James John 
Rook, Dewey S. 
Rook, George W. 
Roth, Kirk P. 
Samoleuski, John S. 
Sands, James R. 
Saunders, James S. 
Schwartz, Wilbur L. 
Seal, John R. 
Sears, William T. 
Segelhen, Henry R. 
Shabsin, David 
Shanley, Mathew 
Shea, Joseph R. 
Sheesley, Joseph B. 
Shipes, Galvin W. 
Shriver, Robert H. 
Sieber, Fred C. 
Skoch, Robert A. 
Slackman, Harry H. 
Small, Nimmer 
SoUoway, Louis 
Sommers, Louis 
Spath, Frank, Jr. 
Spengler, Charles W. 
Spratt, Charles Lee 
Spivey, Charles M. 
Stallings, Guy W. 
Stannard, Raymond W. 
Steffv, John A. 



FORMER MEMBERS 



Dutowski, John 
Edgar, Calvin W. 
Everhardt, Rudolph F. 
Fischer, George F. 
Fagan, Charles L 
Finnin, Patrick J. 
Fricker, Luther P. 
Gibson, Raymond 
Graybille, Albert H. 
Garahty, Walter J. 
Gottlieb, Jack 
Henning, William R. 
House, Robert F. 
Hawes, Charles E. 
Hall, Robert E. 
Irvin, Edmund M. 
Jones, John B. 
Jankowski, Louis M. 



Jenkins, Thomas W. 
Kanonan, William J. 
Katz, Benny 
Lauderback, Manor F. 
Laziak, James J. 
Merrill. Lawrence R. 
Meade. Author C. 
Miller. Frank A. 
Meyers, Charles L. 
Mathewson, Harry L. 
McCallister, Geo. E. 
Mathews, John C. 
Nine, Austin H. 
Oden, Harry A. 
Pfeufer, Andrew W. 
Prefer, Moe 
Plumbo, Louis 
Richards, Fred J. 



Strande. Johannes 
Sturgeon, James H. 
Szczypulski, Bruno 
Thiede, Fred A. 
Thomas, Ernest 
Thomas, Thomas E. 
Thompson, J. L- 
Thompson. Randall J. 
Tilghman, Thomas O. 
Trott, Elmer G. 
Tussey, Edward J. 
Vermillion. Albert H. 
Walecki, Andrew J. 
Wallenstein, Lee A. 
Walter, Ward L. 
Walters, George H. 
Warren, Emma 
Weatherly, James W. 
White, Jake 
Wrightson, Homer A. 
Woolford, Richard W. 
Woodring, Charles D. 
Wood, Vernon 
Wirth. Albert J. 
Winter, Carl A. 
Winstead, Emerson S. 
Wilson, hoyce H. 
Williams. Raymond C 
Wickert, William 
Wichert. Harry 
Zaboskrzechi, Frank 



Riggs, Edward W. 
Strong, Charles E. 
Sands, Joseph 
Shore, Herman 
Schulman, Archie 
Shilling, Merry W. 
Stallings, Clifton S. 
Spengler, Charles W. 
Stubbs, John L. 
Schneuder, Louis 
Sanders, Lindan 
Sears, John W. 
Smogre. Tony 
Thomas. Michael 
Talbott, George H. 
Thimm, Harry J. 
Upman, Frank J. 
Vance, Harry G. 



"M" 



Wingert, Howard M. 
Ward, Clarence R. 
Ward, Robert P. 
Walstrum, Charles W. 
Watson, John G. 
Weatherly, George F. 
Whitney, Daniel W. 
Watts, Charles D. 
Weis, Maurice 
Armiger, Harrison C. 
Brown, Travis T. 
Burns, Edward P. 
Burtis, Lee A. 
Brady, C. V. D. 
Boylan, Edward W. 
Burdette, Earl R. 
Blueford, Rowland A. 
Bleuford, Leonard C. 
Bleuford. James A. 
Bonneville, Robert L- 



FORMER MEMBERS 
Campbell, Jos. C. 



Claypoole, Christian L- 
Colburn, Wm. F. 
Chapman, Charles W. 
Drury, Thomas W. 
Drury, Clarence E. 
Dumphy, Alartin E. 
Dye, John 
Denton, George E. 
Daily, George F. 
Dufour, Albert L. 
Ewell, James S. 
Eule, James P. 
Frankhandle, Ralph H. 
Farrell, Charles F. 
Fisher, Roy W. 
Ferguson, William A. 
Fine, Julius M. 
Garner, Hal R. 
Greene, Samuel J. 

Willv 



Hutchins, George 
Hubbard, Harry C. 
Hoblitzell, Richard W. 
Hayden, Jacob 
Hardesty, Lawrence L. 
Jacobs, Guy 
Jones, Harry C. 
Klos, Frank W. 
Knight, Joseph 
Damb, Thomas W. 
Leek, Walter 
List, George E. 
McComas, Walter L. 
McGinn, John B. 
McBride. Daniel 
Moffett, Walter C. 
Mitchell, Michael R. 
Miller, Thomas W. 
Murphy, Eugene 
Newlin, Roy 
Doc. 



O'Donnell, Charles J. 
O'Neill, Howard B. 
O'Neill 
O'Neill. Lee 
Price, Cameron S. 
Parker, Harr}' F. 
Pinko wski, Joseph 11. 
Parkinson, Henry A. 
Rogers, James G. 
Robbins, Oscar 
Rawlins, Robert E. 
Repp, William E. 
Rosenberger, James R. 
Standford, Charles J. 
Schmidt, Otto 
Straughn, Roy 
Tyler, Harry C. 
Vermillion, Robert J. 
Woods, Frank A. 
Whittington, William B. 





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